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Coping under pressure: the role of psychological skills in injury occurrence among sub-elite male soccer players

Biomedical Human Kinetics
Volume 17 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
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|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2025-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2080-2234
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Language: English
Page range: 239 - 248
Submitted on: Feb 11, 2025
Accepted on: May 26, 2025
Published on: Jul 9, 2025
Published by: University of Physical Education in Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Coping skills,
Injury occurrence,
Psychological resilience,
Soccer,
Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28,
Playing positions
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other,
Clinical medicine,
Public health,
Sports and recreation,
Sports and recreation, other,
Physical education

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