An examination of multiple goals in children's physical education: Motivational effects of goal profiles and the role of perceived climate in multiple goal development

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-297

  Carr, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Motivation; Physical education

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SPORTS;

EID: 31344447971     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500131886     Document Type: Article

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