A phenomenological investigation of gymnasts' lived experience of imagery

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-121

  Post, Phillip G ^a   Wrisberg, Craig A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84862293393     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.26.1.98     Document Type: Article

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