Competition stress and emotions in sport performers: The role of further appraisals

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-470

  Neil, Rich ^a   Hanton, Sheldon ^a   Mellalieu, Stephen D ^b   Fletcher, David ^c  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Effort; Focus; Organizational; Performance; Stressors; Transaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957584154     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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