Youth sports: What counts as "positive development?"

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-324

  Coakley, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; social change; socialization; sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053181263     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723511417311     Document Type: Article

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