Anxiety symptom interpretation in high-anxious, defensive high-anxious, low-anxious and repressor sport performers

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-100

  Mullen, Richard ^a   Lane, Andrew ^b   Hanton, Sheldon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direction; Intensity; Repression; State; Trait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849137864     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800802203769     Document Type: Article

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