Exploring the life skills needs of British adolescent athletes

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-167

  Jones, Martin I ^a   Lavallee, David ^b  

^a Child and Adolescent Sport   (Canada)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent athletes; Focus group interviews; Life skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549100089     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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