Students and athletes? Development of the Academic and Athletic Identity Scale (AAIS)

Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-101

  Yukhymenko Lescroart, Mariya A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Measurement; Sense of self; Sport; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922025010     PISSN: 21573905     EISSN: 21573913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spy0000009     Document Type: Article

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