Psychological profile of Turkish rock climbers: An examination of climbing experience and route difficulty

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 892-900

  Aşçi, F Hülya ^a   Demirhan, Giyasettin ^b   Dinç, S Cem ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TURKEY;

EID: 34547372316     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.3.892-900     Document Type: Article

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