Predicting Performance Under Acute Stress: The Role of Individual Characteristics

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-66

  Delahaij, Roos ^a   van Dam, Karen ^b   Gaillard, Anthony W K ^c   Soeters, Joseph ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping; Coping self efficacy; Metacognitive awareness; Performance; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952593485     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020891     Document Type: Article

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