Journal
JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 193-198Publisher
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.2014-0203
Keywords
motivation; mastery; performance; achievement goal theory
Funding
- European Commission as part of the PAPA Project [2236000]
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Youth sport is a source of well-being for adolescents, yet experiences vary and attrition can be high. We sought to better understand the coach behaviors that foster positive experiences in youth sport by examining relationships between the motivational climate and athlete engagement (viz., confidence, dedication, enthusiasm, and vigor). We reasoned that a mastery climate (emphasis on effort and learning) would correspond with higher engagement, whereas a performance climate (emphasis on ability and outcome) was expected to correspond with lower engagement. Two-hundred sixty adolescent soccer players completed measures of engagement and perceived coach motivational climate. All dimensions of engagement were positively predicted by a mastery climate. Furthermore, cognitive aspects of engagement were positively predicted by a performance climate. Canonical correlation analysis indicated that a composite of engagement was positively associated with a mastery climate. Results suggest that a mastery climate offers a means of promoting higher levels of overall engagement.
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