Influence of perceived motivational climate on achievement goals in physical education: A structural equation mixture modeling analysis

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-338

  Wang, John C K ^a   Liu, Woon Chia ^a   Chatzisarantis, Nikos L D ^a   Lim, Coral B S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Latent profile analysis; Motivational climate; SEM mixture model

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955957020     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.32.3.324     Document Type: Article

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