Coping with stressors in elite sport: A coach perspective

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-253

  Thelwell, Richard ^a   Weston, Neil J V ^a   Greenlees, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitions; Interventions; Interviews; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953630076     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390903353390     Document Type: Article

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