Keeping it in the family: Narrative maps of ageing and young athletes' perceptions of their futures

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 631-648

  Phoenix, Cassandra ^a   Sparkes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Gender; Inter generational family relationships; Narrative maps; Possible selves; Self ageing; Young athletes

Indexed keywords

AGING; PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745024038     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06004880     Document Type: Article

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