A theory of challenge and threat states in Athletes

International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-180

  Jones, Marc ^a   Meijen, Carla ^a   McCarthy, Paul Joseph ^b   Sheffield, David ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Cardiovascular; Challenge; Emotion; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649197676     PISSN: 1750984X     EISSN: 17509858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17509840902829331     Document Type: Article

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