Towards an understanding of children's motivation for physical activity: Achievement goal orientations, beliefs about sport success, and sport emotion in Zimbabwean children

Psychology and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-55

  Biddle, Stuart ^a   Akande, Adebowale ^b   Vlachopoulos, Symeon ^a   Fox, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientations; Children; Motivation; Physical activity and sport; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030337414     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449608406921     Document Type: Article

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