Coaching the coach: Intervention effects on need-supportive coaching behavior and athlete motivation and engagement

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue , 2019, Pages 288-300

  Reynders, Bart ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Van Puyenbroeck, Stef ^a   Aelterman, Nathalie ^b   De Backer, Maarten ^a   Delrue, Jochen ^b   De Muynck, Gert Jan ^b   Fransen, Katrien ^a   Haerens, Leen ^b   Broek, Gert Vande ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Coach education; Self determination theory; Sport; Structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEAM SPORT;

EID: 85064170737     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.04.002     Document Type: Article

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