Evaluating the athlete's perception of the sport psychologist's effectiveness: What should we be assessing?

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-277

  Anderson, A ^a   Miles, A ^b   Robinson, P ^c   Mahoney, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultant effectiveness; Evaluation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942668337     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1469-0292(03)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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