External and internal factors influencing happiness in elite collegiate athletes

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-72

  Denny, Katherine G ^a   Steiner, Hans ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collegiate athletes; Happiness; Personality; Success

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SPORTS; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349122068     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-008-0111-z     Document Type: Article

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