Performance under pressure in the NBA

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-252

  Cao, Zheng ^a   Price, Joseph ^b   Stone, Daniel F ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; choking; clutch; NBA; pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955718117     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002511404785     Document Type: Article

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