Modeling the Relation of Goal Orientations to Achievement-Related Affect in Physical Education: Does Perceived Ability Matter?

1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Symeon Vlachopoulos ◽  
Stuart J.H. Biddle
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Achievement Goal Orientations ◽  
Ability Group ◽  
Perceived Ability ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Ego Orientation

This study investigated likely determinants of achievement-related affect in physical education. In particular, interrelationships were examined between achievement goal orientations, success perceptions, personally controllable attributions, and achievement-related affect based on data collected from 1,070 British students aged 11-16 years. A positive association emerged between task orientation and success perception, but not between ego orientation and success perception. In addition, perceived success positively influenced personally controllable attributions and positive affect, but had no effect on negative emotion. Furthermore, personally controllable attributions augmented positive emotion and minimized negative affect. Perceived ability moderated the relation between ego orientation and personally controllable attributions. Hence, under the low perceived ability condition, ego orientation was associated with personally uncontrollable attributions, but the opposite was true for the high perceived ability group. An enhancement of both task orientation and perceived athletic competence is needed for adolescents to derive positive affective experiences from physical education.

Senior Olympians’ Achievement Goals and Motivational Responses

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Newton ◽  
Mary D. Fry
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Know How ◽  
Perspective Theory ◽  
Ego Orientation ◽  
Senior Athletes

The purpose of this study was of examine the motivational perspectives of athletes participating in the Senior Olympic Games. One hundred thirty-seven senior athletes (54 males. 82 females, and 1 nonidentifier) completed measures of goal orientations, beliefs about the causes of success in sport, intrinsic motivation, and views about the purpose of sport. Multivariate analysis revealed a positive association between task orientation and intrinsic motivation, the belief that success in sport is achieved through hard work, and self-improvement-based purposes of sport. In contrast, ego orientation was associated with the belief that success in sport is achieved by those who are gifted with natural ability and who know how to maximize external and deceptive factors. Further, ego orientation was linked to the belief that the purpose of sport was for personal gain. The motivational implications of the present findings are discussed based on the tenets of goal perspective theory.

Relationship of Player Status and Time of Season to Achievement Goals and Perceived Ability in Interscholastic Athletes

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda M. Petlichkoff
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Achievement Goal Orientations ◽  
Perceived Ability ◽  
Interscholastic Sport ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Interscholastic Athletes ◽  
Relationship Of

The purpose of this investigation was to replicate and extend previous research (16) that examined group differences (starters, primary and secondary substitutes) on achievement goal orientations, perceived ability, and level of satisfaction. Athletes (N=417), ranging in age from 14 to 18 years, responded to an interscholastic sport questionnaire at preseason and postseason. Multivariate analyses revealed significant player status and time-of-season main effects for males, females, and age groups 14–15 years, 16 years, and 17–18 years. Follow-up analyses indicated that starters were significantly higher on their perceived ability rating than primary and secondary substitutes. Group differences also revealed there were player status differences on the ability and mastery goal orientations for males and females, and for 17- to 18-year-olds. The time main effect revealed that the mastery orientation decreased from the preseason to postseason assessment.

Achievement Goal Orientations, Perceived Ability, and Sportspersonship in Youth Soccer

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre ◽  
Glyn C. Roberts ◽  
Yngvar Ommundsen
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Achievement Goal Orientations ◽  
Youth Soccer ◽  
Perceived Ability

Goal Orientations, Perceptions of Aggression, and Sportspersonship in Elite Male Youth Ice Hockey Players

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G.H. Dunn ◽  
Janice Causgrove Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Goal Theory ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Aggressive Behaviors ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Hockey Players ◽  
Ego Orientation

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between goal orientations, perceptions of athletic aggression, and sportspersonship among elite male youth ice hockey players (M age = 13.08 years). Athletes (N = 171) completed questionnaires to assess their goal orientations, attitudes toward directing aggressive behaviors during competition, and non-aggression-related sportspersonship. In accordance with Vallerand, Deshaies, Cuerrier, Brière, and Pelletier (1996), sportspersonship was conceptualized as a five-dimensional construct. Multiple regression analyses revealed that high ego-oriented athletes were more inclined to approve of aggressive behaviors than those with low ego orientation. Players with higher levels of task orientation (rather than low task orientation) had higher sportspersonship levels on three dimensions. An analysis of goal orientation patterns revealed that regardless of ego orientation, low (compared to high) task orientation was more motivationally detrimental to several sportspersonship dimensions. The practical implications of these results are discussed in the context of Nicholls’s (1989) achievement goal theory.

Orthogonality of Achievement Goals and Its Relationship to Beliefs about Success and Satisfaction in Sport

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glyn C. Roberts ◽  
Darren C. Treasure ◽  
Maria Kavussanu
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Achievement Goal Orientations ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
Research Task ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined the relationship between dispositional achievement goal orientations and satisfaction and beliefs about success in sport. Participants were 333 students who were administered the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ) (Roberts & Balague, 1989,1991; Roberts, Treasure, & Balague, 1995), Beliefs about Success, and Satisfaction/Interest/Boredom Questionnaires (Duda & Nicholls, 1992). Consistent with theory (Nicholls, 1984, 1989) and previous research, task and ego goal orientations were found to be orthogonal. Following an extreme group split of the task and ego subscales of the POSQ, results of a 2 X 2 (High/Low Ego; High/Low Task) multivariate analyses of variance revealed a significant interaction effect between task and ego orientation. Specifically, participants high in ego and low in task orientation believed effort to be less a cause of success while high tasMow ego-oriented individuals were the least likely to attribute success to external factors. The findings are discussed in terms of their motivational implications for athletes.

Prediction of Goal Orientation and Perceived Competence on Intensity and Direction of Precompetitive Anxiety among Adolescent Handball Players

2007 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiung-Huang Li ◽  
Likang Chi
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Somatic Anxiety ◽  
Ego Orientation ◽  
The Relationship

This study explored the main and interactive effects of goal orientations and perceived competence on intensity and direction of the symptoms of precompetitive cognitive and somatic anxiety. 109 handball players from 16 high school teams ( M = 16.2 yr., SD = 1.5) participated. All were asked to complete the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire, Perceived Competence Questionnaire, and a modified version of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2. Using separated multiple hierarchical regression analyses, direction of the symptoms of precompetitive somatic anxiety was predicted by perceived competence and interaction of ego orientation x perceived competence. Perceived competence and the interaction of ego orientation x task orientation x perceived competence were significant predictors of direction of the symptoms of precompetitive cognitive anxiety. The results suggest that perceptions of competence and task orientation moderate the relationship between ego orientation and direction of the symptoms of precompetitive anxiety.

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