A qualitative investigation exploring the motivational climate in early career sports participants: Coach, parent and peer influences on sport motivation

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-372

  Keegan, Richard J ^a   Harwood, Chris G ^b   Spray, Christopher M ^b   Lavallee, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Coaches; Inductive analysis; Motivational climate; Parents; Peers; Self determination; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649089238     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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