Developing effective social support: Team building and the social support process

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-153

  Rosenfeld, Lawrence B ^a   Richman, Jack M ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0031483438     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413209708415388     Document Type: Article

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