The CSGU: A measure of controllability, stability, globality, and universality attributions

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 611-641

  Coffee, Pete ^a   Rees, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Generalizability; Self efficacy; Sport psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349153884     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.30.5.611     Document Type: Article

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