Racial and gender differences on sources of acute stress and coping style among competitive athletes

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-178

  Anshel, Mark H ^a   Sutarso, Toto ^a   Jubenville, Colby ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Coping style; Gender differences; Racial differences; Sources of stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649878209     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.149.2.159-178     Document Type: Article

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