Correlates of youth sport attrition: A review and future directions

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 429-439

  Balish, Shea M ^a   McLaren, Colin ^b   Rainham, Daniel ^a   Blanchard, Chris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Self determination theory; Social ecological model; Sport dropout; Sport participation; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904614827     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.04.003     Document Type: Review

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