Relational perceptions in high school physical education: Teacher- and peer-related predictors of female students' motivation, behavioral engagement, and social anxiety

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gairns, Felicity ^a   Whipp, Peter R ^a   Jackson, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Need satisfaction; Need support; Relational efficacy; RISE; SDT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975755067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00850     Document Type: Article

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