Effects of a motivational climate intervention for coaches on young athletes' sport performance anxiety

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-59

  Smith, Ronald E ^a   Smoll, Frank L ^a   Cumming, Sean P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coach training; Mastery approach to coaching; Motivational climate; Sport performance anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847312192     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.29.1.39     Document Type: Article

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