Psychological crisis in a marathon and the buffering effects of self-verbalizations

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2319-2344

  Schüler, Julia ^a   Langens, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

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EID: 34948840891     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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