Secondary School Students’ Participation in Sports and their Parents’ Level of Support: A Qualitative Study

• Authors: Vegneskumar Maniam
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

sports; secondary school students; parental support

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 14-22

Contributors

author

Vegneskumar Maniam

• University of New England, Australia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pcssr-2017-0025