Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in China
This study examined the association between motivational processes, psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and stress), and burnout among winter sports athletes within the Hierarchical Model of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation (HMIEM). A total of 685 winter sport athletes participated in thi...
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| description | This study examined the association between motivational processes, psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and stress), and burnout among winter sports athletes within the Hierarchical Model of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation (HMIEM). A total of 685 winter sport athletes participated in this study (377 males, 308 females, age range 18–25 years), from three sport universities across nine winter sports. They completed five psychometric inventories related to motivational factors and mental disorders. Overall, a task-oriented climate showed a positive association with basic psychological needs, eliciting a positive pathway to autonomous and controlled motivation. In contrast, an ego-oriented climate showed a negative association with basic psychological needs, eliciting a negative pathway to amotivation. Autonomous and controlled motivation were negatively associated with symptoms of psychological distress and burnout, while amotivation was positively associated with symptoms of psychological distress and burnout. These findings highlight the complex relationships between various motivational factors and mental health disorders among winter sport athletes, and support the essential requirement for adding mental health factors to the outcomes of the HMIEM sequence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddbb6cbc3502438f96b80b1e77d047eb2022-12-21T20:02:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-09-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.726072726072Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in ChinaXinran Wu0Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin1Rafidah Aga Mohd Jaladin2Center for Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCenter for Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaDepartment of Educational Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThis study examined the association between motivational processes, psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and stress), and burnout among winter sports athletes within the Hierarchical Model of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation (HMIEM). A total of 685 winter sport athletes participated in this study (377 males, 308 females, age range 18–25 years), from three sport universities across nine winter sports. They completed five psychometric inventories related to motivational factors and mental disorders. Overall, a task-oriented climate showed a positive association with basic psychological needs, eliciting a positive pathway to autonomous and controlled motivation. In contrast, an ego-oriented climate showed a negative association with basic psychological needs, eliciting a negative pathway to amotivation. Autonomous and controlled motivation were negatively associated with symptoms of psychological distress and burnout, while amotivation was positively associated with symptoms of psychological distress and burnout. These findings highlight the complex relationships between various motivational factors and mental health disorders among winter sport athletes, and support the essential requirement for adding mental health factors to the outcomes of the HMIEM sequence.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.726072/fullmotivational processespsychological distressburnoutself-determination theorymodeling |
| spellingShingle | Xinran Wu Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin Rafidah Aga Mohd Jaladin Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in China Frontiers in Psychology motivational processes psychological distress burnout self-determination theory modeling |
| title | Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in China |
| title_full | Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in China |
| title_fullStr | Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in China |
| title_short | Motivational Processes Influencing Mental Health Among Winter Sports Athletes in China |
| title_sort | motivational processes influencing mental health among winter sports athletes in china |
| topic | motivational processes psychological distress burnout self-determination theory modeling |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.726072/full |
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