Sport commitment among competitive female athletes: Test of an expanded model

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-434

  Weiss, Windee M ^a   Weiss, Maureen R ^b   Amorose, Anthony J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gymnastics; Motivation; Social influence; Youth sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATHLETES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION;

EID: 77955486126     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903536442     Document Type: Article

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