Construction of a measure designed to assess players' descriptions and prescriptions for moral behavior in youth sport soccer

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 370-390

  Stephens, Dawn E ^a   Bredemeier, Brenda Jo Light ^b   Shields, David Lyle Light ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHN F KENNEDY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Moral behavior; Moral reasoning; Youth sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031256868     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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