Perfectionism and achievement goals in young Finnish ice-hockey players aspiring to make the Under-16 national team

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-94

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Stoll, Oliver ^b   Salmi, Olli ^c   Tiikkaja, Jukka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d HAAGA HELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Approach; Avoidance; Mastery; Motivation; Performance; Personality; Sport; Standards

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FINLAND; GOALS; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY;

EID: 58149129066     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802448749     Document Type: Article

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