Developing mental toughness: From research to practice

Journal of Sport Psychology in Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-32

  Crust, Lee ^a   Clough, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenge; Environmental influence; Independence; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863777663     PISSN: 21520704     EISSN: 21520712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21520704.2011.563436     Document Type: Article

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