An examination of post-traumatic growth in Canadian and American ParaSport athletes with acquired spinal cord injury

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 399-406

  Crawford, Jennifer J ^a,b   Gayman, Amy M ^a   Tracey, Jill ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ParaSport; Post traumatic growth; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899825581     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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