The relationship between competitive anxiety, achievement goals, and motivational climates

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-187

  Ntoumanis, Nikos ^a   Biddle, Stuart ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Goal orientations; Intensity and directory or anxiety; Situational climate

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SPORTS;

EID: 0032086643     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1998.10607682     Document Type: Article

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