Psychological factors as predictors of injuries among senior soccer players. A prospective study

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-352

  Ivarsson, Andreas ^a   Johnson, Urban ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Daily hassles; Personality; Psychological predictors; Sport injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952914431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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