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Original Articles

The impact of participation frequency and travel distances for different sport participation purposes on subjective well-being: the ‘unhappy commuter’ and the happy sport tourist?

Pages 385-402 | Received 25 Aug 2018, Accepted 23 Apr 2019, Published online: 14 May 2019

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