Coping with retirement from sport: The influence of athletic identity

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-203

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0031517606     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413209708406481     Document Type: Article

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