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‘Avoidance Preening’, Displacement Behavior and Co-Dependency
in Professional Team Sport: When Wants Become More Important
Than Needs
Blake D. McLean
1 a , Donnie S. Strack
2
, David T. Martin
3
1 University of Technology Sydney, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health; Oklahoma City Thunder, Human & Player
Performance, 2 Human & Player Performance, Oklahoma City Thunder, 3 School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University;
APEIRON Life
Keywords: physical performance, sport psychology, athletic training
https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.36812
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Corresponding author:
Blake D. McLean
University of Technology Sydney Moore Park Rd, Moore Park NSW 2021
PO Box 123. Broadway NSW 2007 Australia
Telephone: +1 405 215 4488
E-mail: Blake.McLean@uts.edu.au
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McLean BD, Strack DS, Martin DT. ‘Avoidance Preening’, Displacement Behavior and Co-
Dependency in Professional Team Sport: When Wants Become More Important Than
Needs. IJSPT. 2022;17(5):945-949.
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