Motor performance under stress
A test of the inverted-U hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205966 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rainer Martens (0000-0002-2416-2309), Daniel M Landers |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-37 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/h0029787 |
| PMID | 4395013 |
| OpenAlex | W2075886137 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Investigated whether the relationship between arousal and motor performance among junior high school males supports the inverted U hypothesis. Based on the CMA scale, Ss were either low, medium, or high in trait anxiety and were subjected to 1 of 3 levels of psychological stress. A 3 × 3 factorial d
Cognitive psychology · Stress (linguistics) · Test (biology) · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology
Statistical principles in experimental design.
The Children's Form of the Manifest Anxiety Scale
Theory and Research on Anxiety
Drives and the C. N. S. (conceptual nervous system).
The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit‐formation
Relations between muscular tension and performance
The assessment of anxiety by physiological behavioral measures
U. Illinois, Children's Research Center
Effects of induced muscular tension on performance and the inverted U function
Relative Efficiency of Relaxation and Tension in Performing an Act of Skill
Human Maze Performance as a Function of Increasing Levels of Anxiety
Palmar sweating and the presence of an audience
A personality scale of manifest anxiety
The effects of psychological stress upon performance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2025 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |