Effects of uncontrollability and failure on the development of learned helplessness in perceptual-motor tasks

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-54

  Gernigon, Christophe ^a   Fleurance, Philippe ^a   Reine, Bruno ^a  

^a National Institute of Sport and Physical Education   (France)

Author keywords

Attributions; Performance; Persistence; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034151611     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2000.10608879     Document Type: Article

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