Key movements in directional research in competitive anxiety

Coping and Emotion in Sport: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 143-166

  Wagstaff, Christopher ^a   Neil, Rich ^b   Mellalieu, Stephen ^c   Hanton, Sheldon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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