Prevalence of depressive symptoms and correlating variables among German elite athletes

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 313-326

  Nixdorf, Insa ^a   Frank, Raphael ^a   Hautzinger, Martin ^b   Beckmann, Juergen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athlete; Coping; Depression; Sport; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891646861     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.7.4.313     Document Type: Article

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