Measuring the Content of Dancers’ Images: Development of the Dance Imagery Questionnaire (DIQ)

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 85-98

  Nordin, Sanna M ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68849102916     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X06010003-403     Document Type: Article

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