The Groningen Enjoyment Questionnaire: A measure of enjoyment in leisure-time physical activity

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 601-604

  Stevens, Martin ^a   Moget, Petra ^b   De Greef, Mathieu H G ^b   Lemmink, Koen A P M ^b   Rispens, Piet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE; EXERTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034167199     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.601     Document Type: Article

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