Emotional Intelligence, Body Image and Disordered Eating Attitudes in Combat Sport Athletes

Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-111

  Costarelli, Vassiliki ^a   Stamou, Dimitra ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

anxiety; eating attitudes; emotional intelligence; sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949303666     PISSN: 1728869X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1728-869X(09)60013-7     Document Type: Article

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