Relationship between psychological skill profiles and soldier physical fitness performance

Military Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-411

  Hammermeister, Jon ^a   Pickering, Michael A ^a   Mcgraw, Leigh ^b   Ohlson, Carl ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77958084041     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2010.513238     Document Type: Article

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