ISSP Position Stand: Culturally competent research and practice in sport and exercise psychology

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-142

  Ryba, Tatiana V ^a   Stambulova, Natalia B ^b   Si, Gangyan ^c   Schinke, Robert J ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Hong Kong Sports Institute   (Hong Kong)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross cultural psychology; cultural praxis; cultural psychology; culturally competent practitioner; culturally competent researcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878784657     PISSN: 1612197X     EISSN: 1557251X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2013.779812     Document Type: Article

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