The effectiveness of teaching a life skills program in a physical education context

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-438

  Goudas, Marios ^a   Dermitzaki, Irini ^a   Leondari, Aggeliki ^a   Danish, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness tests; Life skills; Physical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047185243     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173512     Document Type: Review

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