Intrinsic motivation towards sports in Singaporean students: The role of sport ability beliefs

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-523

  Wang, C K John ^a,b   Biddle, Stuart J H ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ability beliefs; Goals; Motivation; Physical activity; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EGO; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; SELF EFFICACY; SINGAPORE; SPORTS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 0042190149     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13591053030085004     Document Type: Article

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