Differences in Attitudes Toward Seeking Sport Psychology Consultation Among a Group of Wheelchair Basketball Players and a Group of Nondisabled Basketball Players: A Matter of Exposure?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport | Date: March 1, 2000 | Copyright information

Stephen J. Page, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Scott B. Martin, University of North Texas, and Valerie K. Wayda, Ball State University

An increasing number of sport psychology consultants (SPCs) are working with nondisabled athletes. Despite an increasing number of opportunities, though, there is a paucity of SPCs working with wheelchair athletes. Little is known about how wheelchair athletes view SPCs, or whether their perceptions of...

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