Motives for participation and importance of social support for athletes with physical disabilities

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-336

  Swanson, Scott R ^a   Colwell, Tom ^b   Zhao, Yushan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Motivation; Physical disabilities; Port; Social support; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958551543     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.2.4.317     Document Type: Article

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