An idiographic analysis of amotivation in compulsory school physical education

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-214

  Ntoumanis, Nikos ^a   Pensgaard, Anne Marte ^a,b   Martin, Chris ^a   Pipe, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Learned helplessness; Motivational climate; Need satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042611339     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.26.2.197     Document Type: Article

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