Trait motivational correlates of athleticism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1139-1145

  Reiss, Steven ^a   Wiltz, James ^a   Sherman, Michael ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Basic desires; Exercise; Intrinsic motivation; Motivation; Sensitivity theory; Sports; Sports personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141525361     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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