A grounded theory of psychological resilience in Olympic champions

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 669-678

  Fletcher, David ^a   Sarkar, Mustafa ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenge appraisal; Elite sport; Excellence; Meta cognition; Optimal performance; Stress process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862165624     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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