The Relationship Between the Perceived Motivational Climate in Elite Collegiate Sport and Athlete Psychological Coping Skills

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mary D. Fry ◽  
Candace M. Hogue ◽  
Susumu Iwasaki ◽  
Gloria B. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Collegiate Sport ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychological Coping

Psychological coping skills in sport are believed to be central to athlete performance and well-being. This study examined the relationship between the perceived motivational climate in elite collegiate sport teams and player psychological coping skills use. Division I athletes (N = 467) completed a questionnaire examining their perceptions of how caring, task-, and ego-involving their teams were and their use of sport specific psychological coping skills (i.e., coping with adversity, peaking under pressure, goal setting/mental preparation, concentration, freedom from worry, confidence/achievement motivation, and coachability). Structural equation modeling revealed positive relationships between perceptions of a task-involving climate and confidence/achievement motivation (β = 0.42) and goal setting/mental preparation (β = 0.27). Caring climate perceptions were positively associated with coachability (β = 0.34). These findings illustrate how encouraging athletes and coaches to create a caring, task-involving climate may facilitate athletes’ use of psychological coping skills and set athletes up to perform their best and have a positive sporting experience.

Mindful Engagement Mediates the Relationship Between Motivational Climate Perceptions and Coachability for Male High School Athletes

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Susumu Iwasaki ◽  
Mary D. Fry ◽  
Candace M. Hogue
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
High School Athletes ◽  
Male High School ◽  
Climate Perceptions ◽  
Mindful Engagement ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of mindful engagement in the relationship between male high school athletes’ motivational climate perceptions on their teams (i.e., caring, task-, and ego-involving climate) to athlete coachability. Athletes (N = 164, Mage = 15.58 years) from multiple sports completed measures assessing mindful engagement in sport (Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale—Revised), Caring Climate Scale, task- and ego-involving climate perceptions (Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire), and coachability (Athletic Coping Skills Inventory). Initial bivariate correlations linked mindful engagement and coachability positively with perceptions of a caring and task-involving climate and negatively with ego-involving climate perceptions. Structural equation modeling analyses then revealed mindful engagement mediated the relationship between climate and coachability. Encouraging coaches and players to foster a caring/task-involving climate might assist in enhancing athletes’ mindful engagement in sport, which may positively influence the degree to which they are coachable.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Perceived Motivational Climate to Intrinsic Motivation and Beliefs about Success in Basketball

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Selfriz ◽  
Joan L. Duda ◽  
Likang Chi
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Goal Structure ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Drawing from contemporary goal perspective theories of achievement motivation, this investigation had as its primary purpose to determine the relationship of perceived motivational climate to intrinsic motivation and attributional beliefs in a sport setting. This study also examined the degree to which the dependent variables of interest are a function of situational goal structure, dispositional goal orientations, or both. Subjects, 105 male basketball players from nine varsity high school teams, were requested to complete the four instruments. Results indicated that the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire was comprised of two valid and reliable subscales, the Mastery and Performance Climate scales. Perceptions of a mastery-oriented climate positively related to reported enjoyment and the belief that effort leads to achievement. Perceptions of a performance-oriented climate were associated with the view that superior ability causes success. In general, indices of intrinsic motivation and attributional beliefs were best predicted by dispositional goal orientation.

Relation of Motivational Climate and Fear of Failure in Taiwanese Adolescent Athletes

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 627-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Mei Tsai ◽  
Lung Hung Chen
Keyword(s):  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Adolescent Athletes ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Performance

In this study, the relationship between motivational climate and fear of failure in sport was examined. 176 adolescent athletes were recruited ( M=16.3 yr., SD =13). Athletes completed the Chinese Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire and the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory. Results indicated a performance climate was positively related to the fear of failure, while a mastery climate was not.

Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Sport-Specific Psychological Skills: The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Smith ◽  
Robert W. Schutz ◽  
Frank L. Smoll ◽  
J.T. Ptacek
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

Confirmatory factor analysis was used as the basis for a new form of the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI). The ACSI-28 contains seven sport-specific subscales: Coping With Adversity, Peaking Under Pressure, Goal Setting/Mental Preparation, Concentration, Freedom From Worry, Confidence and Achievement Motivation, and Coachability. The scales can be summed to yield a Personal Coping Resources score, which is assumed to reflect a multifaceted psychological skills construct. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated the factorial validity of the ACSI-28, as the seven subscales conform well to the underlying factor structure for both male and female athletes. Psychometric characteristics are described, and preliminary evidence for construct and predictive validity is presented.

scholarly journals The Psychological Interface between the Coach-Created Motivational Climate and the Coach-Athlete Relationship in Team Sports

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alkisti Olympiou ◽  
Sophia Jowett ◽  
Joan L. Duda
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Canonical Correlation ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Correlation Analyses ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
The Relationship

The study’s objective was to investigate the motivational significance of the coach-athlete relationship in team sports. 591 athletes completed the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire (Newton, Duda, & Yin, 2000) to assess perceptions of the coach-created motivational climate and two Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaires to assess direct perceptions (Jowett & Ntoumanis, 2004) and meta-perceptions (Jowett, in press) of the relationship quality. Canonical correlation analyses revealed that the perceived task-involving features of the coaching climate, in which role importance, co-operation, and improvement are emphasized, were associated with experiencing higher levels of closeness, commitment, and complementarity with the coach. Perceptions of the ego-involving features of the coach-created environment which emphasizes punitive responses to mistakes, rivalry, and unequal recognition were associated with lower levels of perceived closeness, commitment, and complementarity with the coach. These results support the notion that the coach-athlete relationship has implications for the motivation of athletes participating in team sports.

Motivation in Physical Activity Contexts: The Relationship of Perceived Motivational Climate to Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Efficacy

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Kavussanu ◽  
Glyn C. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ability Perceptions ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
Mastery Motivational Climate ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between perceived motivational climate and intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy and determined the role of goal orientation and perceived motivational climate in predicting intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy. College students (N= 285) enrolled in beginning tennis classes completed a battery of questionnaires assessing perceived motivational climate, goal orientation, intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and perceived ability. Perceptions of mastery climate were positively associated with enjoyment, effort, perceived competence, and self-efficacy and were inversely related to tension. In males, dispositional goal orientation and perceived motivational climate emerged as equally important predictors of intrinsic motivation, while mastery motivational climate was the only significant predictor of self-efficacy. In females, performance motivational climate was the strongest predictor of intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy. Perceived normative ability accounted for a substantial amount of unique variance in intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy in both males and females. The motivational implications of the findings are discussed, and directions for future research are provided.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Motivational Climate and Personal Treatment Satisfaction among Young Soccer Players in Norway: The Moderating Role of Supportive Coach-Behaviour

Sports ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Tommy Haugen ◽  
Jan F. Riesen ◽  
Ketil Østrem ◽  
Rune Høigaard ◽  
Martin K. Erikstad
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Satisfaction ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Potential Interaction ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Athlete Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Motivational climate and coach-behaviour seem important to understand sport involvement and participation. However, less is known about the potential interaction between these facets, and how it relates to athlete satisfaction. This study’s purpose is to examine the relationship between the perceived motivational climate, supportive coach-behaviour, and athletes’ personal treatment satisfaction among young soccer players. More specifically, we investigated the moderating effect of supportive coach-behaviour on the relationship between motivational climate and personal treatment satisfaction. Five hundred and thirty-two players (Mean age = 15.4 years, SD = 1.2) attending a Norwegian national soccer tournament participated in the study. Self-completion questionnaires were used to attain data. A linear regression analysis revealed that mastery of climate and supportive coach-behaviour were positively associated with personal treatment satisfaction. A negative association was found between performance climate and personal treatment satisfaction. Further, moderation analyses revealed that supportive coach-behaviour moderated the relationship between performance climate and personal treatment satisfaction. The findings indicate that a performance climate may not be as maladaptive when coaches provide supportive behaviour. The findings highlight the value of a further examination of the interaction between motivational climate and coaching behaviours, and its potential relations to young athlete’s sport experience.

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