ERIC Number: EJ978194
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Publication Date: 2012-Jan
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A Longitudinal Examination of Coach and Peer Motivational Climates in Youth Sport: Implications for Moral Attitudes, Well-Being, and Behavioral Investment
Ntoumanis, Nikos; Taylor, Ian M.; Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
Developmental Psychology, v48 n1 p213-223 Jan 2012
Embedded in achievement goal theory (Ames, 1992; Meece, Anderman, & Anderman, 2006), this study examined how perceptions of coach and peer motivational climate in youth sport predicted moral attitudes, emotional well-being, and indices of behavioral investment in a sample of British adolescents competing in regional leagues. We adopted a longitudinal perspective, taking measures at the middle and the end of a sport season, as well as at the beginning of the following season. Multilevel modeling analyses showed that perceptions of task-involving peer and coach climates were predictive of more adaptive outcomes than were perceptions of ego-involving peer and coach climates. Predictive effects differed as a function of time and outcome variable under investigation. The results indicate the importance of considering peer influence in addition to coach influence when examining motivational climate in youth sport. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Longitudinal Studies, Goal Orientation, Foreign Countries, Athletics, Athletic Coaches, Self Concept, Well Being, Motivation, Statistical Analysis, Moral Values, Predictive Validity, Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals), Cheating
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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