College students' perceptions of the purposes of sports

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-22

  Finkenberg, Mel E ^a   Michael Moode, F ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Murry State University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030078351     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.1.19     Document Type: Article

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