Testing an interactionist perspective on the relationship between personality traits and performance under public pressure

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-250

  Geukes, Katharina ^a,b   Mesagno, Christopher ^c   Hanrahan, Stephanie J ^b   Kellmann, Michael ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choking; Narcissism; Person situation debate; Public evaluation; Self consciousness; Trait activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855815873     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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