The effect of variety expectations on interest, enjoyment, and locus of causality in exercise

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-153

  Dimmock, James ^a   Jackson, Ben ^a   Podlog, Leslie ^b   Magaraggia, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enjoyment; Expectations; Interest; Locus of causality; Physical activity; Variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874292322     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9294-5     Document Type: Article

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