The Relationships Between Athletes’ Perceptions of Coach-Created Motivational Climate, Self-Talk, and Self-Efficacy in Youth Soccer

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 97-112

  Zourbanos, Nikos ^a   Haznadar, Adisa ^b   Papaioannou, Athanasios ^a   Tzioumakis, Yannis ^a   Krommidas, Charalambos ^a   Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84953354792     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2015.1074630     Document Type: Article

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