Sports participation among females from adolescence to adulthood: A longitudinal study

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 413-430

  Scheerder, Jeroen ^a,b   Thomis, Martine ^a   Vanreusel, Bart ^a,c   Lefevre, Johan ^a   Renson, Roland ^a   Eynde, Bart Vanden ^a   Beunen, Gaston P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Ghent University ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Socialization; Sports participation; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547352908     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690207077702     Document Type: Article

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