Coping under pressure: Employing emotion regulation strategies to enhance performance under pressure

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 408-418

  Balk, Yannick A ^a   Adriaanse, Marieke A ^a   de Ridder, Denise T D ^a   Evers, Catharine ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arousal; Choking; Emotion regulation; Golf.; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GOLF; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOLF; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883748758     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.35.4.408     Document Type: Article

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