Relationships between empowering/disempowering motivational climate, motivational orientation, and the psychological profile of young football players
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Performance, motivation, football, psychology, youthAbstract
Psychological skills of athletes determine their sporting performance. However, the development of these skills requires a learning process, influenced by the athlete's environment. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between an empowering and disempowering climate, motivational orientation (ego vs. task), and the sport psychological profile in a sample of football players. A total of 328 young players aged between 14 and 18 years (M= 15.85; SD= 1.44) participated in this research. Data was collected using the Psychological Inventory of Sport Execution, the Empowering and Disempowering Climate Questionnaire, and the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire. The results obtained in this study through structural equation analysis showed significant and positive relationships between empowering climate and task orientation, as well as between disempowering climate and ego orientation. Similarly, positive and significant relationships were found between task orientation and the athlete's psychological skills. Moreover, there were positive and indirect relationships between an empowering climate and the athlete's psychological variables. These results suggest the importance of promoting appropriate motivational climates, as well as directing the athlete's motivation towards learning goals to foster the development of psychological skills on young players.
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