The ropes and challenge course: A quasi-experimental examination

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1249-1257

  Meyer, Barbara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SPORTS; TENNIS;

EID: 0034199258     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.90.3.1249-1257     Document Type: Article

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