Competitive anxiety and cortisol awakening response in the week leading up to a competition

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-154

  Strahler, Katharina ^a   Ehrlenspiel, Felix ^b   Heene, Moritz ^c   Brand, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Athletic competition; Real life stressor; Salivary cortisol; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 74649083423     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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