Legitimacy judgments of perceived aggression and assertion by contact and non-contact sport participants

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 290-306

  Gardner, Rebecca Ellis ^a   Janelle, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability ratings; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036657506     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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