Narrative Practice and its Potential Contribution to Sport Psychology: The Example of Flow

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-317

  Sparkes, Andrew C ^a   Partington, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141679246     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.17.3.292     Document Type: Article

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