Being a sportparent: Buffering the effect of your talented child's poor performance on his or her subjective well-being

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Van Yperen, Nico W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buffering effect; Parental support; Psychological health symptoms; Soccer; Sport performance; Talent; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031627197     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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