Achievement Goal Orientations and Participation in Physical Education Among Male and Female Sixth Form Students

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-90

  Spray, Christopher M ^a   Biddle, Stuart J H ^b  

^a Havering Sixth Form College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993746153     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X9700300108     Document Type: Article

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