Development of the Attitudes to Moral Decision-making in Youth Sport Questionnaire (AMDYSQ)

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-392

  Lee, Martin J ^a   Whitehead, Jean ^a   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheating; Gamesmanship; Gender; Sport psychology; Tests and testing; Winning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847228697     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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