Coming from behind: On the effect of Psychological Momentum on sport performance

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-436

  Perreault, Stéphane ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^a   Provencher, Pierre ^a   Montgomery, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance; Psychological momentum; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032219086     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.20.4.421     Document Type: Article

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