Effects of a motivational climate intervention for coaches on changes in young athletes’ achievement goal orientations

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-46

  Smoll, Frank L ^a   Smith, Ronald E ^a   Cumming, Sean P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientations; Coach training; Mastery Approach to Coaching; Motivational climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058513339     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.1.1.23     Document Type: Article

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