I act, therefore I am: Athletic identity and the health action process approach predict sport participation among individuals with acquired physical disabilities

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 713-720

  Perrier, Marie Josée ^a   Sweet, Shane N ^a   Strachan, Shaelyn M ^b   Latimer Cheung, Amy E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athletic identity; Physical disability; Sport promotion; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863751312     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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