The relationship between mental toughness and dispositional flow

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-220

  Crust, Lee ^a   Swann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autotelic personality; challenge; commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875346982     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2011.635698     Document Type: Article

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