Athlete burnout: Conceptual confusion, current research and future research directions

Literature Reviews in Sport Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 91-126

  Cresswell, Scott L ^a   Eklund, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Depression; Dropout; Overtraining; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036552782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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