Motivational beliefs and subjective effort in adolescent athletes
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F21%3A10432953" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/21:10432953 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11510/21:10432953
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Hm5YFvkpCt" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Hm5YFvkpCt</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2021.52.335" target="_blank" >10.7352/IJSP.2021.52.335</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Motivational beliefs and subjective effort in adolescent athletes
Original language description
The study explored motivational antecedents of subjective effort in adolescent competitive athletes using an integrative approach inspired by the expectancy-value model of achievement motivation as the theoretical framework. In total, 1019 athletes (mean age of 16.5 years) who engaged in various sports from all regions of the Czech Republic participated in the large-scale questionnaire study. We hypothesized two groups of motivational variables as predictors of subjective effort: 1) sport motivation and achievement goal orientations, representing athletes' valuation of sport participation, and 2) self-efficacy and mindset, representing the athletes' expectancies of success. We analyzed the questionnaire data within a multiple regression model. The model was significant (F(19, 990) = 19.788, p <.001) and explained 27.5 % of the variance in subjective effort the participants reported exerting in their practice. In the model, subjective effort was significantly predicted by integrated regulation (β=.156), amotivation (β=-.143), task orientation (β=.117), and self-efficacy, both directly (β=.243) and in interaction with inborn talent beliefs (β=-.129). These results suggest that the subjective effort of adolescent athletes may be associated with sport-related identity rather than experiences of enjoyment or external rewards and with a focus on skills development rather than on competition. The results provide further evidence for a complex approach to athletes' motivation, suggesting that motivational variables related to task value as well as expectancies of success should be taken into account to create motivational climates supporting effortful practice and subsequent athletic outcomes of adolescent athletes.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Creativity and Adaptability as Conditions of the Success of Europe in an Interrelated World</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Sport Psychology
ISSN
0047-0767
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
52
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
335-354
UT code for WoS article
000834991700003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85133501052