Personality hardiness differentiates elite-level sport performers

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Sheard, Michael ^a   Golby, Jim ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elite performers; Hardiness; International standard; Positive psychology; Sport performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957693232     PISSN: 1612197X     EISSN: 1557251X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2010.9671940     Document Type: Article

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