Sources of Acute Stress, Cognitive Appraisal, and Coping Strategies Among Highly Skilled Mexican and U.S. Competitive Tennis Players.
The purpose of the present investigation was to identify sources of acute stress, cognitive appraisal (i.e., perceived controllability), and the use of coping strategies as a function of culture among highly skilled tennis players from Mexico and the United States. Participants were 112 competitive...
| Published in: | Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 145; no. 4; pp. 429 - 447 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
August 2005
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