The causes of career termination from sport and their relationship to post-retirement adjustment among elite-amateur athletes in Australia

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-135

  Lavallee, David ^a   Grove, J Robert ^a   Gordon, Sandy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031172937     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069708257366     Document Type: Article

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