Construct validity of the social support survey in sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-368

  Rees, Tim ^a   Hardy, Lew ^b   Evans, Lynne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social support; Social support survey; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847215771     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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