Preliminary validation in spanish of a scale designed to measure motivation in physical education classes: The perceived locus of causality (PLOC) scale

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 327-337

  Murcia, Juan Antonio Moreno ^a   Coll, David González Cutre ^b   Garzón, Mariana Chillón ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Investigación en Educación Física y Deportes   (Spain)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Motivation; Physical education; Self determination; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 67449087330     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600001724     Document Type: Article

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