The effects of achievement goals on performance, enjoyment, and practice of a novel motor task

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1281-1292

  Kavussanu, Maria ^a   Morris, Rebecca L ^b   Ring, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; Improvement; Motor learning; Sport

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; GOALS; GOLF; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PLEASURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149195434     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903229287     Document Type: Article

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