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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Main Authors: Diogo Monteiro, João Moutão, Pedro Baptista, Luis Cid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Desafio Singular 2014-12-01
Series:Motricidade
Online Access:http://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/3453
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author Diogo Monteiro
João Moutão
Pedro Baptista
Luis Cid
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João Moutão
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Luis Cid
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description <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>&lt; 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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spelling doaj.art-429d6f42e4264082acbfdd20c2469ae22022-12-22T03:12:10ZengDesafio SingularMotricidade1646-107X2182-29722014-12-011049410410.6063/motricidade.10(4).34532754Motivational climate, behaviour regulation and perceived effort in soccer athletesDiogo Monteiro0João Moutão1Pedro Baptista2Luis Cid3Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-IPS)Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-IPS)Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-IPS)Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-IPS)<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>&lt; 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>http://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/3453
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title_full Motivational climate, behaviour regulation and perceived effort in soccer athletes
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