Testing the simplex assumption underlying the sport motivation scale: A structural equation modeling analysis

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 396-405

  Li, Fuzhong ^a   Harmer, Peter ^b  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Simplex structure modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 0030341002     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1996.10607971     Document Type: Article

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