Confirmatory factor analysis of the Thought Occurrence Questionnaire for Sport (TOQS) among adolescent athletes

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-254

  Lane, Andrew M ^a   Harwood, Chris ^b   Nevill, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement; Model testing; Psychological skills; Sport; Structural equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844445349     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800500134266     Document Type: Article

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