Relationship between athletes' emotional intelligence and precompetitive anxiety

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 323-338

  Lu, Frank J H ^a   Hsu, Eva Ya Wen ^a   Li, Gladys Shuk Fong ^b   Williams, Lavon ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Guildford College

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATHLETES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; TRACK AND FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951932450     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.110.1.323-338     Document Type: Article

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