Personality and coping in sport: The big five and mental toughness

Coping in Sport: Theory, Methods, and Related Constructs

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 139-158

  Polman, Remco C J ^a   Clough, Peter J ^b   Levy, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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