Regulatory fit as a determinant of sport performance: How to succeed in a soccer penalty-shooting

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-115

  Plessner, Henning ^b   Unkelbach, Christian ^a   Memmert, Daniel ^a   Baltes, Anna ^a   Kolb, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Person and situation; Promotion and prevention; Self regulation; Soccer penalty shooting

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549118217     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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