Disability sport and activist identities: A qualitative study of narratives of activism among elite athletes’ with impairment

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 139-148

  Smith, Brett ^a   Bundon, Andrea ^b   Best, Melanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activist identity; Affect; Disability; Narrative; Para sport; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979072568     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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