The lived experience of physical awkwardness: Adults' retrospective views

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-297

  Fitzpatrick, David A ^a   Watkinson, E Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; GROWTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MATURATION; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPORT; TEACHER;

EID: 0037829340     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.20.3.279     Document Type: Article

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