Restoring connections in physical activity and mental health research and practice: A confessional tale

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-353

  Douglas, Kitrina ^a   Carless, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confessional tale; Ethnographic fiction; Golf; Mental health; Narrative; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952829088     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398441.2010.517039     Document Type: Article

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