Elite athletes: Why does the 'fire' burn so brightly?

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-200

  Mallett, Clifford J ^a   Hanrahan, Stephanie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achievement goal theory; Elite athlete; Hierarchical model of motivation; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542718536     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1469-0292(02)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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