College students' motivation toward weight training: An application of expectancy-value model

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-415

  Gao, Zan ^a   Xiang, Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy related beliefs; Stereotype; Subjective task values

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349120883     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.27.3.399     Document Type: Article

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