Stage fright: Its experience as a problem and coping with it

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 761-771

  Studer, Regina ^a   Gomez, Patrick ^a   Hildebrandt, Horst ^b   Arial, Marc ^a   Danuser, Brigitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coping; Music education; Musicians; Performance anxiety; Students

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655124991     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0608-1     Document Type: Article

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