Predictive Strength of Contextual and Personal Variables in Soccer Players’ Goal Orientations

Enrique Iglesias-Martínez, Jorge Roces-García and David Méndez-Alonso
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Enrique Iglesias-Martínez: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Facultad Padre Ossó, University of Oviedo, 33003 Oviedo, Spain
Jorge Roces-García: Polytechnic School of Engineering of Gijón, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijón, Spain
David Méndez-Alonso: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Facultad Padre Ossó, University of Oviedo, 33003 Oviedo, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-8

Abstract: Psychological variables, such as perceived motivational climate, goal orientation, self-determined motivation, and personality, have an influence on sports success performance. This study aimed to examine the relationships among a set of psychological variables (perceived motivational climate, goal orientation, self-determined motivation, and personality) in male and female footballers. Participants were 167 footballers (106 male, 61 female), aged 12 to 26, competing with clubs in the Spanish Football League. They all took four questionnaires aimed at evaluating motivational climate, goal orientations, self-determined motivation, and personality. The analyses of correlation and regression showed statistically significant relations among the variables. Neuroticism and psychoticism negatively relate to mastery motivational climate, the best predictor of self-determined motivation. It was concluded that contextual variables carry more weight in predicting goal orientations and self-determined motivation among participant footballers.

Keywords: motivation; performance; team sport; psychology; self (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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