Stories that move? Peer athlete mentors' responses to mentee disability and sport narratives

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-67

  Perrier, Marie Josée ^a   Smith, Brett M ^b   Latimer Cheung, Amy E ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mentorship; Narrative inquiry; Peers; Spinal cord injury; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922377093     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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