Motivational profiles for secondary school physical education and its relationship to the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among university students

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-139

  Haerens, Leen ^a   Kirk, David ^b   Cardon, Greet ^a   de Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Developmental Personality and Social Psychology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

motivation; physical education and sport; self determination theory; transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649950276     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X10381304     Document Type: Article

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