Personal theories of achievement motivation among African and white mainstream American athletes

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 335-354

  Gano Overway, Lori A ^a   Duda, Joan L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs about success; Ethnic identity; Goal orientations; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035486117     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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