Effects of a dependent group-oriented contingency on middle school physical education students' fair play behaviors

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-92

  Vidoni, Carla ^a,b   Ward, Phillip ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fair play; Group contingency; Physical education; Social skills; Supportive behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746071219     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-006-9012-z     Document Type: Article

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