the purpose of present study was investigation of the effect of attentional focus of novice players’ self-statements in basketball free throw practice on their state anxiety in transfer test with spectators’ presence. therefore, 38 novice females (mean of the age=22 yrs.) who had intermediate trait anxiety were selected randomly by sports competitive anxiety test (scat). the participants were a...

Barbara L. Andersen, Department of Psychology, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University Deanna M. Golden-Kreutz, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Charles F. Emery, Department of Psychology, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University Debora L. Thiel, Madigan Army Medical Center, Nisqua...

Burton M Altura 1-5*, Nilank C Shah1,5, Gatha J Shah1, and Bella T Altura1,2-5 1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, USA 2Department of Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, USA 3Center for Cardiovascular and Muscle Research, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, USA 4School of Graduate Stud...

the metropolis – mashhad- is the biggest population center in the east of iran which has high dominate. because of different issues such as religious aspects, being the official and political center of state, high level of professional services and also for its industrial and commercial centralization. due to all these centralizations, it rolls out like a metropolis. it expanded continually and...