Mental toughness and athletes' use of psychological strategies

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Crust, Lee ^a   Azadi, Kayvon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Emotional control; Psychological skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949091511     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390903049972     Document Type: Article

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