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Original Articles

Gender Differences in Adolescent Athletes’ Coping with Interpersonal Stressors in Sport: More Similarities than Differences?

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Pages 134-149 | Received 22 May 2009, Accepted 30 Sep 2009, Published online: 27 Apr 2010

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