Goal striving and well-being in sport: The role of contextual and personal motivation

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 446-459

  Healy, Laura C ^a   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^b   van Zanten, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen ^c   Paine, Nicola ^d,e  

^a NEWMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^e HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic psychological needs; Coaching; Goal striving; Ill being; Motivation; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920083330     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.2013-0261     Document Type: Article

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