Intentions to drop-out of youth soccer: A test of the basic needs theory among European youth from five countries

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 395-407

  Quested, Eleanor ^a   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^a   Viladrich, Carme ^b   Haug, Ellen ^c   Ommundsen, Yngvar ^d,i   Van Hoye, Aurelie ^e   Mercé, Juan ^f   Hall, Howard K ^g   Zourbanos, Nikos ^h   Duda, Joan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

ⁱ Department of Education   (Norway)

Author keywords

autonomy support; basic needs theory; coaching; drop out; football; soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887047188     PISSN: 1612197X     EISSN: 1557251X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2013.830431     Document Type: Article

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