The use of imagery to manipulate challenge and threat appraisal states in athletes

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-358

  Williams, Sarah E ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^a   Balanos, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety interpretation; Coping; Sport psychology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; SPORTS; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955951409     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.32.3.339     Document Type: Article

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