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Cultivating a Community of Practice to Enable Coach Development in Alpine Ski Coaches

Paul Garner, Denise Hill Orcid Logo

International Sport Coaching Journal, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 63 - 75

Swansea University Author: Denise Hill Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1123/iscj.2016-0076

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PurposeMany university students in the UK experience mental health problems and little is known about their overall mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviours. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain levels of mental health literacy in UK university students and to examine whether mental h...

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Published in: International Sport Coaching Journal
ISSN: 2328-918X 2328-9198
Published: 2017
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