Mountaineering as affect regulation: The moderating role of self-regulation strategies

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-89

  Castanier, Carole ^a   Le Scanff, Christine ^a   Woodman, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect change; Anxiety; Compensation; Escape; High risk sports; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 78049286598     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615801003774210     Document Type: Article

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