The basic psychological needs in exercise scale: Measurement invariance over gender

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-135

  Vlachopoulos, Symeon P ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at Serres   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; EXERCISE PROGRAMS; PARTIAL METRIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS; SCALE RELIABILITY; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 41149157056     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705510701758398     Document Type: Article

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