Teachers become more autonomy supportive after they believe it is easy to do

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 178-189

  Reeve, Johnmarshall ^a   Cheon, Sung Hyeon ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Intervention; Motivating style; Self determination theory; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940112099     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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