Senior Olympians' achievement goals and motivational responses

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-270

  Newton, Maria ^a   Fry, Mary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Goals; Motivation; Olympics; Purposes; Seniors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012288966     PISSN: 10638652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/japa.6.3.256     Document Type: Article

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