Contextual influences on moral functioning of male youth footballers

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Kavussanu, Maria ^a   Spray, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645765194     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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