Personality Profiles of Iditasport Ultra-Marathon Participants

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-261

  Hughes, Sherri Lind ^a   Case, H Samuel ^a   Stuempfle, Kristin J ^b   Evans, Deborah S ^b  

^a MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b McDaniel College ^*

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EID: 0041412950     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200305385     Document Type: Article

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