Exerted effort and performance in climbing among boys: The influence of achievement goals, perceived ability, and task difficulty

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-436

  Sarrazin, Philippe ^a   Roberts, Glyn ^b   Cury, FrançOis ^c   Biddle, Stuart ^d   Famose, Jean Pierre ^e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Sport and Exercise Psychology   (United States)

^c University of Marseille   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Ego goals; Motivation; Task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGO; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EGO; EXERTION; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036885770     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2002.10609042     Document Type: Article

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