The rewarding effect of flow experience on performance in a marathon race

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-174

  Schüler, Julia ^a   Brunner, Sibylle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flow experience; Marathon race; Performance in sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649085197     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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