Why young elite athletes fear failure: Consequences of failure

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1171-1184

  Sagar, Sam S ^a   Lavallee, David ^a   Spray, Christopher M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consequences; Inductive; Sport; Thematic analysis; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; SPORTS;

EID: 34547549103     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410601040093     Document Type: Article

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