Experimentally based, longitudinally designed, teacher-focused Intervention to help physical education teachers be more autonomy supportive toward their students

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-396

  Cheon, Sung Hyeon ^a   Reeve, Johnmarshall ^a   Moon, Ik Soo ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Coaching; Motivation; Physical education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864084427     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.34.3.365     Document Type: Article

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