Motivational climate, behaviour regulation and perceived effort in soccer athletes
<p class="ResumoAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">The purpose of this study was to test the integration of two motivational theoretical models (self-determination theory and the achievement goal theory) to analyze the impact of motivational climate in the regulation of mot...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Desafio Singular
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Motricidade |
| Online Access: | http://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/3453 |
| Summary: | <p class="ResumoAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">The purpose of this study was to test the integration of two motivational theoretical models (self-determination theory and the achievement goal theory) to analyze the impact of motivational climate in the regulation of motivation and athletes´ effort perception. Participated in the study 460 athletes (male football players at both regional and national level, on the categories of beginners, youth, juniors and seniors, with 17.42 ± 4.37 years-old). The quality of the structural equation model was examined by the Chi-square value and some complementary model fit indices. The results support the model fit (S-B</span><span>χ</span><span lang="EN-US">²= 288.84, <em>df</em>= 147, <em>p</em>< 0.001, S-B</span><span>χ</span><span lang="EN-US">²/<em>df</em>= 1.96, SRMR= 0.049, NNFI= 0.912, CFI= 0.924, RMSEA= 0.046, 90%IC RMSEA= 0.038−0.054), suggesting that a motivational task-oriented climate has a significant positive effect on autonomous motivation, which in turn has a significant positive effect on athletes' effort perception. On the other hand, an ego-oriented environment had a positive effect on the controlled motivation, which in turn had a negative effect on athletes' effort perception, although not significant.</span></p> |
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| ISSN: | 1646-107X 2182-2972 |