Athletes' perceptions of multilevel changes related to competing at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 687-692

  Wylleman, Paul ^a   Reints, Anke ^a   Van Aken, Steffi ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Applied sport psychology support; Dynamic perspective; Holistic perspective; Multilevel changes; Olympic Games; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862172416     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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