Understanding the adaptation strategies of canadian olympic athletes using archival data

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-356

  Schinke, Robert J ^a   Battochio, Randy C ^a   Dubuc, Nicole G ^a   Swords, Shawn ^a   Apolloni, Gord ^b   Tenenbaum, Gershon ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ontario National Boxing Center   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amateur athletics; Coping strategies; Elite athletes; Motivation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751471134     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.2.4.337     Document Type: Article

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