Distancing oneself from a poor season: Divestment of athletic identity

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-162

  Brewer, Brttton W ^a,b   Selby, Christine L ^a,b   Linder, Darwyn E ^a,b  

^a SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751232353     PISSN: 10811443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10811449908409723     Document Type: Article

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