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The relationship between psychological skills usage and competitive anxiety responses
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“Previous research has shown that frequent use of psychological skills is associated with larger reductions in competitive anxiety, potentially through increased effort, motivation, self-efficacy, and improved regulation of anxiety responses [3, 115–118].”
From The Effect of Different Psychological Interventions on Athletes' Competitive Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis. (2026) · cites this paper as [115]
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- Authors
- Fletcher, D., & Hanton, S.
- Affiliations
- Loughborough University (GB)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (GB)
- ORCID
- Fletcher, David
- Venue
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-04
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 89-101
- ISSN
- 1469-0292 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2086032592
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 56
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- FWCI
- 7.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- dspace.lboro.ac.uk
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- Psychology of sport and exercise (publishedVersion)
- Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Sports and Physical Education Research
- Keywords
- competitive anxiety, psychological skills, state anxiety, self-confidence, relaxation techniques, self-talk, mental imagery, competitive swimmers, non-elite athletes, facilitative anxiety, somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety
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