Putting it together: Skills for pressure performance

Performance Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 337-360

  Wilson, Mark R ^a   Richards, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882808680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06734-1.00023-7     Document Type: Chapter

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