The prosocial and antisocial behaviour in sport scale: Further evidence for construct validity and reliability

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1208-1221

  Kavussanu, Maria ^a   Stanger, Nicholas ^b   Boardley, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concurrent; Convergent; Discriminant; Item stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATHLETES; ATTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GOALS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878812084     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.775473     Document Type: Article

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