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The effects of stress and coping on surgical performance during simulations.
Wetzel CM, Black SA, Hanna GB, et al. Ann Surg. 2010;251:171-176.

Surgeons who experienced less stress and had higher coping skills performed better at both technical and non-technical aspects of simulated operations.
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