The development of social relationships, social support, and posttraumatic growth in a dragon boating team for breast cancer survivors

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-648

  McDonough, Meghan H ^a   Sabiston, Catherine M ^b   Ullrich French, Sarah ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Posttraumatic growth; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856500125     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.33.5.627     Document Type: Article

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