Motivational gender differences in sport and exercise participation among university sport science students

Journal of Physical Education and Sport

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-187

  Elijah, G Rintaugu ^a   Eric, D K Ngetich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Gender; Motivation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863484235     PISSN: 22478051     EISSN: 2247806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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