Age-group differences in intrinsic motivation, goal orientations and perceptions of athletic competence, physical appearance and motivational climate in Greek physical education

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 375-380

  Digelidis, N ^a   Papaioannou, Athanasios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age group differences; Goal orientations; Intrinsic motivation; Perceived athletic ability; Perceived motivational climate; Perceived physical appearance; Physical education

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOALS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPORTS;

EID: 0033255435     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00259.x     Document Type: Article

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