Why faster, higher, stronger isn't necessarily better - The relations of paralympian and women's soccer teams' performance to national well-being

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-280

  Downie, Michelle ^a   Koestner, Richard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; National subjective well being; Paralympics; Women's soccer teams

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MICROCOSM; MINORITY GROUP; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPORT;

EID: 48449102168     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9188-1     Document Type: Article

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