Effects of a Motivational Climate on Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Motivation and Commitment in Teen Handball Players

Marianna Alesi, Manuel Gómez-López, Carla Chicau Borrego, Diogo Monteiro and Antonio Granero-Gallegos
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Marianna Alesi: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical and Education Sciences, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Manuel Gómez-López: Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Santiago de la Ribera, 30720 Murcia, Spain
Carla Chicau Borrego: Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém Research Center in Life Quality (CIEQV), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Diogo Monteiro: Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém Research Center in Sport, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Antonio Granero-Gallegos: Department of Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 15, 1-13

Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the motivational climate created by the coach and perceived by a group of young high-performance handball players on their sport motivation, self-determination, sport psychological needs and sport commitment. The study participants were 479 young handball players. The age range was 16–17 years old. Players were administered a battery composed of a Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire, Sport Motivation Scale, the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale and Sport Commitment Questionnaire to measure the above-mentioned theoretical constructs. Results showed that the handball players showed high levels of a task-involving climate, of basic psychological needs satisfaction and of self-determined motivation and commitment. Higher levels of basic psychological needs such as autonomy and competence were associated with a higher task-involving climate, self-determined index and sport commitment (task-involving climate–basic psychological needs (β = 0.55; 95% IC 0.387/0.682; p = 0.001); Ego-involving climate–basic psychological needs (β = 0.06; 95% IC −0.069/0.181; p = 0.387); Basic psychological needs–self-determined index (β = 0.48; 95% IC 0.376/0.571; p = 0.001); Self-determined index–commitment (β = 0.58; 95% IC 0.488/0.663; p = 0.001). The obtained model showed that basic psychological needs mediated the association between a task-involving climate and self-determination, and self-determination mediated the association between basic psychological needs satisfaction and commitment.

Keywords: Coach; self-determined motivation; team sports; sports adherence; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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