"That's what friends are for": Children's and teenagers' perceptions of peer relationships in the sport domain

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-379

  Weiss, Maureen R ^a   Smith, Alan L ^a   Theeboom, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Friendship; Qualitative methods; Youth sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030300404     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.18.4.347     Document Type: Article

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