A cross-cultural study of motivational climate in physical education lessons in the UK and Singapore

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-316

  Morgan, Kevin ^a,d   Sproule, John ^b   McNeill, Michael ^c   Kingston, Kieran ^a   Wang, John ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparisons; Motivational climate; Teaching behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846680463     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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