Development of a cohesion questionnaire for youth: The Youth Sport Environment Questionnaire

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 390-408

  Eys, Mark ^a   Loughead, Todd ^b   Bray, Steven R ^c   Carron, Albert V ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Measurement; Team; Youth sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749087725     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.31.3.390     Document Type: Article

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