Passion and performance attainment in sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-392

  Vallerand, Robert J ^a   Mageau, Geneviève A ^c   Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Dumais, Alexandre ^c   Demers, Marc André ^a   Rousseau, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deliberate practice; Passion; Performance; Positive psychology; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949123718     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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