The role of initial physical activity experiences in promoting posttraumatic growth in Paralympic athletes with an acquired disability

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2064-2072

  Day, Melissa Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meaning making; Physical activity; Posttraumatic growth; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSON; DISABLED SPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES;

EID: 84886841650     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.805822     Document Type: Article

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