Transitional challenges and elite athletes' mental health

Health and Elite Sport: Is High Performance Sport a Healthy Pursuit?

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 99-116

  Wylleman, Paul ^a   Rosier, Nathalie ^a   De Knop, Paul ^a  

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