Sport involvement and self-concept in German and American adolescents: A cross-cultural study

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-371

  Brandl Bredenbeck, H P P ^a   Brettschneider, W D D ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

adolescents; cross cultural research; Germany and USA; self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043155748     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269097032004002     Document Type: Article

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