Age and gender differences in the sources of self-evaluation valued by adult athletes

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-53

  Sheldon, Jane P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Perceived competence; Self evaluation; Sports; Temporal comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543030494     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JADE.0000012527.43815.e5     Document Type: Article

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