Adjustment disorder: A new way of conceptualizing the overtraining syndrome

International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-197

  Jones, Clive Martin ^a   Tenenbaum, Gershon ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Burnout; Clinical intervention; Clinical sport psychology; Overloading; Overreaching; Overtraining; Staleness; Stress response

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649199022     PISSN: 1750984X     EISSN: 17509858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17509840903110962     Document Type: Article

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