Is elite sport (really) bad for you? Can we answer the question?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Lebrun, Florence ^a   Collins, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(dys)functional; Clinical diagnosis; Elite performers; Genesis; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016999673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00324     Document Type: Article

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