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Article: Mood and psychological skills of world-ranked female tennis players.
- Article from:
- Journal of Sport Behavior
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
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Early sport studies have addressed personality characteristics of various athletic groups noting distinct differences among sport samples (Booth, 1958; Johnson, Hutton & Johnson, 1954). Later research by Morgan (1984) identified psychological mood states in athletes and he coined the term "iceberg profile" to reflect a model of mental health deemed necessary for optimal performance. More importantly, these results indicated a difference in mood states between elite and subelite athletes. Additional work has substantiated mood state profiles in other sport populations noting differences in athletes according to playing positions or events (Bell & Howe, 1988; Meyers, LeUnes & ...