Challenge/skill balance, flow, and performance anxiety

Applied Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 236-259

  Fullagar, Clive ^a   Knight, Patrick A ^a   Sovern, Heather S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874576894     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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