Training with mild anxiety may prevent choking under higher levels of anxiety

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-50

  Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a  

^a Rob)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional control theory; Choking under pressure; Darts; Processing efficiency theory; Sport psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549158829     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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