Relations among school students' self-determined motivation, perceived enjoyment, effort, and physical activity behaviors

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 783-790

  Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PLEASURE; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS;

EID: 77949617169     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.109.3.783-790     Document Type: Article

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