Social support and sports participation motivations of female adolescents in India - study of age transition and achievement level

• Authors: Md. Dilsad Ahmed , Walter King Yan Ho , Rudolph Leon Van Niekerk , Lauren Sulz , Shaheen Begum
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

Female adolescent; perception of sports participation; age transition; sports achievement

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 88
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 49-67

Contributors

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Md. Dilsad Ahmed

• Oregon State University, USA

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Walter King Yan Ho

• University of Macau, Macau, China

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Rudolph Leon Van Niekerk

• Fort Hare University, South Africa

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Lauren Sulz

• University of Alberta, Canada

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Shaheen Begum

• Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

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10.2478/pcssr-2020-0025