Narrative analysis and sport and exercise psychology: Understanding lives in diverse ways

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-288

  Smith, Brett ^a   Sparkes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnodrama; Narrative analysis; Performance; Story analysts; Storytellers; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149303072     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.07.012     Document Type: Review

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