Emotional and motivational mechanisms mediating the influence of goal setting on endurance athletes' performance

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 786-799

  Bueno, Javier ^a   Weinberg, Robert S ^b   Fernández Castro, Jordi ^a   Capdevila, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Department of Kinesiology and Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Goal setting; Mediating mechanisms; Motivation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349090731     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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