The relationship between motivational climate, perceived ability and sources of distress among elite athletes

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-200

  Pensgaard, Anne Marte ^a   Roberts, Glyn C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Goal orientations; Motivation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRIVE; EGO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0034101688     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404100365090     Document Type: Article

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