Exploring competitive orientation in a group of athletes participating in the 1996 paralympic trials

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 491-502

  Page, Stephen J ^a   O'Connor, Edmund A ^b   Wayda, Valerie K ^b  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Kessler Med Rehab Res Educ Corp ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 0034292876     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.2.491     Document Type: Article

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