Relations among body size discrepancy, gender, and indices of motivation and achievement in high school physical education

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 362-377

  Lodewyk, Ken R ^a   Gammage, Kimberley L ^a   Sullivan, Philip J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Body image; Performance; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950545230     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.28.4.362     Document Type: Article

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