Perceived stress and prevalence of traumatic stress symptoms following athletic career termination

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Wippert, Pia Maria ^a   Wippert, Jens ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

IES; Life event; PDS; Retirement; Social disintegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859593120     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.2.1.1     Document Type: Article

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