Developmental Trajectories of Motivation in Physical Education: Course, Demographic Differences, and Antecedents

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 717-728

  Ntoumanis, Nikos ^a   Barkoukis, Vassilis ^b   Thøgersen Ntoumani, Cecilie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

changes in motivation; Greek students; motivational regulations; psychological need satisfaction; self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949103782     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014696     Document Type: Article

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