Is winning everything? the relative contributions of motivational climate and won-lost percentage in youth sports

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-336

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38349070866     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200701342640     Document Type: Article

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