Retirement from disability sport: A pilot study

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-399

  Wheeler, Garry D ^a   Malone, Laurie A ^a   VanVlack, Sandy ^a   Nelson, Ewen R ^a   Steadward, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; RETIREMENT; SPORT;

EID: 0029959170     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.13.4.382     Document Type: Article

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