Does observed controlling teaching behavior relate to students' motivation in physical education?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 541-554

  De Meyer, Jotie ^a,b   Speleers, Lise ^a   Tallir, Isabel B ^b   Soenens, Bart ^b   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Aelterman, Nathalie ^b   Van den Berghe, Lynn ^b   Haerens, Leen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Motivation; Physical education; Psychological needs; Self determination theory; Teaching style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907771353     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034399     Document Type: Article

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