Cognitive appraisals of stressors encountered in sport organizations

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 276-289

  Hanton, Sheldon ^a   Wagstaff, Christopher R D ^b   Fletcher, David ^c  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletes; Control; Evaluations; Performance; Stress; Transactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866143679     PISSN: 1612197X     EISSN: 1557251X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2012.682376     Document Type: Article

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