College students' goal orientations, situational motivation and effort/persistence in physical activity classes

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-260

  Gao, Zan ^a   Podlog, Leslie William ^b   Harrison, Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

And intrinsic motivation; Mastery approach; Mastery avoidance; Performance approach; Performance avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871491496     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.31.3.246     Document Type: Article

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