The contributions of goal characteristics and causal attributions to emotional experience in youth sport participants

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 273-291

  Graham, Thomas R ^a   Kowalski, Kent C ^a   Crocker, Peter R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Emotion; Goal characteristics; Goal discrepancy; Goal importance; Sport; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036787816     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1469-0292(01)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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