Personality traits and relationship perceptions in coach-athlete dyads: Do opposites really attract?

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-230

  Jackson, Ben ^a   Dimmock, James A ^a   Gucciardi, Daniel F ^b   Grove, J Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor partner interdependence model; Big Five; Partner similarity; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954986881     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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