Anxiety and Panic in Recreational Scuba Divers

@article{Morgan1995AnxietyAP,  title={Anxiety and Panic in Recreational Scuba Divers},  author={William P. Morgan},  journal={Sports Medicine},  year={1995},  volume={20},  pages={398-421},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:23619756}}
There is evidence that individuals who are characterised by elevated levels of trait anxiety are more likely to have greater state anxiety responses when exposed to a stressor, and hence, this sub-group of the diving population is at an increased level of risk.

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