Athletes' ease of imaging predicts their imagery and observational learning use

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-370

  Williams, Sarah E ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imagery ability; Modeling; Predictive validity; Sport Imagery Ability Questionnaire; Sport psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863406154     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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