On the Factorial and Construct Validity of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory: Conceptual and Operational Concerns

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-32

  Markland, David ^a   Hardy, Lew ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal modeling; Intrinsic motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION;

EID: 0031085702     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1997.10608863     Document Type: Article

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