Antecedents and consequences of approach and avoidance achievement goals: A test of gender invariance

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-372

  Nien, Chiao Lin ^a   Duda, Joan L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Fear of failure; Gender; Multi group testing; Perceived competence; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949114945     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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