The purpose of this review is to document the directions and recent progress in our
understanding of the motivational dynamics of school achievement. Based on the …

There has been a plethora of studies in the past decade investigating task and ego
achievement goal orientations in physical activity settings and how they might be associated …

“This tenth edition of Motor Control and Learning extends and updates the major revisions in
the previous edition. The many changes in that edition included new chapters, restructured …

This study analyzes the work performance of salespeople with a competitive disposition. The
results show a positive link between dispositional competitiveness and discretionary …

Most contemporary achievement goal conceptualizations consist of a performance goal
versus mastery goal dichotomy. The present research offers an alternative framework by …

Athletes, fans, coaches, and sport psychologists all know the power of self-efficacy in sport.
With this new book, students, researchers, and practitioners now have a go-to reference on …

Recent research into motivation and achievement behaviour in sport has focused on
achievement goal theory. This theory states that two goal orientations manifest themselves …

ABSTRACT TELAMA, R., and X. YANG. Decline of physical activity from youth to young
adulthood in Finland. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 1617–1622, 2000. Purpose …

Understanding and enhancing motivation is one of the most popular areas of research in
psychology, as well as sport and exercise psychology. In psychology and sport psychology …

OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have shown that peer-created motivational climate greatly
influences youth athletes' motivation and other adaptive outcomes. The purpose of this study …