Changes in Athletic Identity Following Team Selection: Self-Protection versus Self-Enhancement

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Grove, J Robert ^a   Fish, Maree ^a   Eklund, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0347931734     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200490260062     Document Type: Article

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