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Cognitive anxiety detracts from athletic performance, establishing a negative correlation between the two.
“Theoretical perspectives such as catastrophe theory (Balyan et al., 2016) and theories of attention (Wine, 1971) further support the view that cognitive anxiety detracts from athletic performance, establishing a negative correlation between the two.”
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- Authors
- Wine, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Wine, Jeri
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1971
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 92-104
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2049058566
- Cited by
- 1,055
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 32 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 26
- FWCI
- 28.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- test anxiety, attention
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Arousal, Attention, Cues, Drive, Humans, Personality, Personality Inventory, Problem Solving, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Self Concept
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