A qualitative examination of choking under pressure in team sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-110

  Hill, Denise M ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Abbotsley Performance Academy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cohesion; Motivational climate; Paradoxical performance; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866777035     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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