The relationships among trait anxiety, state anxiety and the goal performance of penalty shoot-out by university soccer players.

The present study examined how the level of trait anxiety, which is a personality characteristic, influences state anxiety and penalty shoot-out performance under pressure by instruction. The high and low trait anxiety groups were selected by using Spielberger's Trait Anxiety Scale, with trait...

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Main Authors: Masami Horikawa, Akihiro Yagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335041?pdf=render