Psychological antecedents of the frequency and intensity of flow in golfers

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-322

  Catley, Delwyn ^a,b   Duda, Joan L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Golf; Measurement; Mental preparation; Optimal experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031259047     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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