Are athletes burning out with passion?

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 387-395

  Gustafsson, Henrik ^a,b   Hassmén, Peter ^c   Hassmén, Nathalie ^c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affect; elite athletes; motivation; overtraining; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859348840     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2010.536573     Document Type: Article

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