Effects of match result and social comparison on sport state self-esteem fluctuations

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Bardel, Marie Héloïse ^a   Fontayne, Paul ^a   Colombel, Fabienne ^b   Schiphof, Lieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Comparison; Performance; Self esteem; Social context; Sport; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949263603     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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