Perceived social support from team-mates: Direct and stress-buffering effects on self-confidence

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Freeman, Paul ^a   Rees, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Self confidence; Social support; Stress buffering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949096190     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390903049998     Document Type: Article

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