Reliability and validity evidence for achievement goal models in high school physical education settings

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-129

  Guan, Jianmin ^a   McBride, Ron ^b   Xiang, Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Invariance analysis; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

EID: 34249999482     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10913670701294104     Document Type: Article

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