Body size, coping strategies, and mental health in adolescent female athletes

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 515-526

  Cumming, Sean P ^a   Smith, Ronald E ^b   Grossbard, Joel R ^b   Smoll, Frank L ^b   Malina, Robert M ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Body Mass Index; Coping; Gymnastics; Mental Health; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866000025     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.7.3.515     Document Type: Article

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