Perceived parental psychological control and exercise dependence symptoms in competitive athletes

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-72

  Costa, Sebastiano ^a   Hausenblas, Heather A ^b   Oliva, Patrizia ^a   Cuzzocrea, Francesca ^a   Larcan, Rosalba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Competitive athletes; Exercise dependence; Gender differences; Parental psychological control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930190216     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-014-9512-3     Document Type: Article

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