The influence of social support on the lived experiences of spinal cord injured sportsmen

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-156

  Rees, Tim ^a   Smith, Brett ^a   Sparkes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0043172257     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.17.2.135     Document Type: Article

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