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Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2025) Retraction: Transcultural validation of the “revised sport motivation scale” (SMS‐II) in Arabic language: Exploratory study on motivation in sport for a sample of Tunisian Athletes. PLoS ONE 20(1): e0318595. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318595
Published: January 29, 2025
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