Consistency of fear of failure score meanings among 8- to 18-year-old female athletes

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 300-310

  Conroy, David E ^a   Coatsworth, J Douglas ^a   Kaye, Miranda P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Peer competence; Problem behavior; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147103893     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406288174     Document Type: Article

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