Anxiety, ego depletion, and sports performance

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 580-599

  Englert, Chris ^a   Bertrams, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Basketball; Darts; Ego depletion; Self control; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867409009     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.34.5.580     Document Type: Article

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