"It's not my fault; it's not serious": Athlete accounts of moral disengagement in competitive sport

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-404

  Corrion, Karine ^a   Long, Thierry ^a   Smith, Alan L ^b   d'Arripe Longueville, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350000624     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.23.3.388     Document Type: Article

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