Initial validity evidence for the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 among Greek exercise participants

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-276

  Moustaka, Frederiki C ^a   Vlachopoulos, Symeon P ^a   Vazou, Spyridoula ^b   Kaperoni, Maria ^a   Markland, David A ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise motivation; Physical activity; Self determination continuum; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957009662     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000036     Document Type: Article

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