The basic psychological needs in physical education scale

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-280

  Vlachopoulos, Symeon P ^a   Katartzi, Ermioni S ^a   Kontou, Maria G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Basic need satisfaction; Children; Competence; Relatedness; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053061005     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.30.3.263     Document Type: Article

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