Individual, team, and coach predictors of players' likelihood to aggress in Youth soccer

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-443

  Chow, Graig M ^a   Murray, Kristen E ^a   Feltz, Deborah L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coaching efficacy; Moral behavior; Youth sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPORT; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCCER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349774263     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.31.4.425     Document Type: Article

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