Giving and receiving autonomy support in a high-stakes sport context: A field-based experiment during the 2012 London Paralympic Games

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-69

  Cheon, Sung Hyeon ^a   Reeve, Johnmarshall ^b   Lee, Jaewon ^c   Lee, Youngsun ^d  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Yongin University   (South Korea)

^d Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Athletes with disabilities; Autonomy support; Coaching; Intervention; Motivating style; Paralympics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925455142     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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