Gender and physical activity level differences in physical self-perception of university students: A case of Turkey

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-74

  Çaǧlar, Emine ^a   Aşçi, F Hülya ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Individualism Collectivism Physical self perceptio; Physical activity; Turkish culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745630123     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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