The relationship between organizational stressors and athlete burnout in soccer players

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-165

  Tabei, Yusuke ^a   Fletcher, David ^a   Goodger, Kate ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Football; Performance; Sport; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866153781     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.6.2.146     Document Type: Article

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