Expanding understandings of the body, food and exercise relationship in distance runners: A narrative approach

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 582-590

  Busanich, Rebecca ^a   McGannon, Kerry R ^b   Schinke, Robert J ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disordered eating; Distance runners; Men; Narrative; Social constructionism; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859922537     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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