Predictive Strength of Contextual and Personal Variables in Soccer Players’ Goal Orientations

Autor: David Méndez-Alonso, Enrique Iglesias-Martínez, Jorge Roces-García
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 9401, p 9401 (2021)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 17
Scopus
RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
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ISSN: 1661-7827
1660-4601
Popis: Psychological variables, such as perceived motivational climate, goal orientation, self-determined motivation, and personality, have an influence on sports success performance. This study aimed to examine the relationships among a set of psychological variables (perceived motivational climate, goal orientation, self-determined motivation, and personality) in male and female footballers. Participants were 167 footballers (106 male, 61 female), aged 12 to 26, competing with clubs in the Spanish Football League. They all took four questionnaires aimed at evaluating motivational climate, goal orientations, self-determined motivation, and personality. The analyses of correlation and regression showed statistically significant relations among the variables. Neuroticism and psychoticism negatively relate to mastery motivational climate, the best predictor of self-determined motivation. It was concluded that contextual variables carry more weight in predicting goal orientations and self-determined motivation among participant footballers.
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