It's Not How Much You Play, but How Much You Enjoy the Game: The Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescents' Self-Esteem and the Frequency Versus Enjoyment of Involvement in Sports

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-145

  Adachi, Paul J C ^a   Willoughby, Teena ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Involvement in sports; Longitudinal; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLEASURE; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS;

EID: 84891625548     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9988-3     Document Type: Article

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