Article

Social Motivation in Youth Sport

Details

Citation

Allen J (2003) Social Motivation in Youth Sport. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 25 (4), pp. 551-567. http://journals.humankinetics.com/jsep-back-issues/JSEPVolume25Issue4December/SocialMotivationinYouthSport

Abstract
Youth sport participants frequently report social reasons for their involvement in sport such as wanting to be part of a team or to be with friends, and social sources of positive and negative affect such as social recognition and parental pressure. Although a social view of sport has been recognized, youth sport motivation researchers have emphasized approaches centered on constructs related to physical ability and have not examined the social aspect of motivation in detail. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the contribution that social goal orientations and perceptions of belonging make toward understanding youth sport motivation. Specifically, female adolescents' (N = 100) social motivational orientations, achievement goal orientations, perceived belonging, perceived physical ability, and interest in sport were assessed. Results from multiple regression analyses indicated that social motivational constructs added to the explanation of adolescents' interest in sport.

Keywords
Goal orientations; Measurement; Perceived belonging; Relatedness; Social goals

Journal
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology: Volume 25, Issue 4

StatusPublished
Publication date31/12/2003
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/8907
PublisherHuman Kinetics
Publisher URLhttp://journals.humankinetics.com/…tioninYouthSport
ISSN0895-2779