Development and validation of a team attributional style questionnaire

Group Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-113

  Shapcott, Kim M ^a   Carron, Albert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Questionnaire development; Sport; Team

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954171541     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018252     Document Type: Article

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