Living, resisting, and playing the part of athlete: Narrative tensions in elite sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 701-708

  Carless, David ^a   Douglas, Kitrina ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Identity; Mental health; Professional sport; Story; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878870823     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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