Personal performance plan: Application of mental skills training to real-world military tasks

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 458-473

  DeWiggins, Steven ^a   Hite, Brian ^a   Alston, Valerie ^a  

^a Army Center for Enhanced Performance   (United States)

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EID: 78649292350     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2010.500606     Document Type: Article

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