The Evaluation of Cohesion in the Sports Groups within a Romanian City

• Authors: Oana Rusu
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

group cohesion; local sports teams; psychometric evaluation

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-13

Contributors

author

Oana Rusu

• “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pcssr-2020-0001