How you provide corrective feedback makes a difference: The motivating role of communicating in an autonomy-supporting way

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 619-637

  Mouratidis, Athanasios ^a   Lens, Willy ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Athletes; Autonomous and controlled regulation; Corrective feedback; Sport psychology; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049310826     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.32.5.619     Document Type: Article

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