Intrapersonal Achievement Goals and Underlying Reasons among Long Distance Runners: Their Relation with Race Experience, Self-Talk, and Running Time

In a sample of long distance runners, we examined the role of type of intrapersonal achievement goals (i.e., approach versus avoidance) and type of underlying reasons (i.e., autonomous and controlled), assessed prior to the race, as predictors of both pre-race (e.g., race appraisals) and post-race (...

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Main Authors: Jochen Delrue, Athanasios Mouratidis, Leen Haerens, Gert-Jan De Muynck, Nathalie Aelterman, Maarten Vansteenkiste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016-07-01
Series:Psychologica Belgica
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Online Access:http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/280