Self-efficacy and causal attribution in female golfers

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-256

  Bond, Katherine A ^a,d   Biddle, Stuart J H ^b   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^c  

^a N E Wales Inst of Higher Educ   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Female golfers; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042394346     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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