Effects of Motivational Climate on Fear of Failure and Anxiety in Teen Handball Players

Manuel Gómez-López, Carla Chicau Borrego, Carlos Marques da Silva, Antonio Granero-Gallegos and Juan González-Hernández
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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
Carlos Marques da Silva: Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Research Center in Life Quality (CIEQV), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Antonio Granero-Gallegos: Department of Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Juan González-Hernández: Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, 1-12

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 fear of failure and precompetitive anxiety. 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, a Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory, and Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2R, to measure the aforementioned theoretical constructs. Using structural equation modelling (SEM), the results showed that the handball players experienced high levels task-involving climate and moderate values of self-confidence. In contrast, players experienced lower levels of ego-involving climate, fear of failure, and cognitive and somatic anxiety. The obtained model shows that fear of failure positively mediates the association between an ego-involving climate with both cognitive and somatic anxiety, and negatively in terms of self-confidence. In contrast, fear of failure does not mediate the associations between a task-involving climate and both somatic and cognitive anxiety and self-confidence.

Keywords: coach; motivation; team sports; failure; well-being; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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