Imagining yourself dancing to perfection? Correlates of perfectionism among ballet and contemporary dancers

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-76

  Nordin Bates, Sanna M ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^b   Aways, Danielle ^c   Sharp, Lucinda ^d  

^a TRINITY LABAN CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC AND DANCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Australian Ballet School   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dance; Imagery; Perfectionism; Self confidence; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956125845     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.5.1.58     Document Type: Article

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