Understanding team resilience in the world's best athletes: A case study of a rugby union World Cup winning team

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 16, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 91-100

  Morgan, Paul B C ^a   Fletcher, David ^a   Sarkar, Mustafa ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographies; Elite sport; Excellence; Group; Narrative; Psychosocial processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911369240     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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