Motivation and Performance in Sport
Presenter Hometown
Hodgenville, KY
Major
Sport Management; Psychology
Department
Psychology
Degree
Undergraduate
Mentor
Jonathan S. Gore
Mentor Department
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Pope, Christian, "Motivation and Performance in Sport" (2017). University Presentation Showcase Event. 18.
https://encompass.eku.edu/swps/2017/undergraduate/18
Abstract
Past research has shown that athletes may be motivated by reasons that are personally important to them, as well as reasons that are related to their team/teammates. In this study, we surveyed the Eastern Kentucky University Men’s basketball team (N=13) to measure their levels of personally autonomous reasons (PARS), relationally autonomous reasons (RARs), and controlled reasons (CRs), and related them to practice and game performance. Five games were assessed by averaging game statistics, and eight practices were assessed subjectively. We anticipated that practice and game performance would be positively correlated with PARs and RARs, and negatively correlated with CRs. Using hierarchical linear modeling, we found that overall PARs are positively correlated with practice and game performance. In addition, CRs were positively correlated to practice performance but not significantly correlated to game performance, while RARs were positively correlated to game performance, but negatively correlated to practice performance.
Presentation format
Poster
Poster Number
091
Motivation and Performance in Sport
Past research has shown that athletes may be motivated by reasons that are personally important to them, as well as reasons that are related to their team/teammates. In this study, we surveyed the Eastern Kentucky University Men’s basketball team (N=13) to measure their levels of personally autonomous reasons (PARS), relationally autonomous reasons (RARs), and controlled reasons (CRs), and related them to practice and game performance. Five games were assessed by averaging game statistics, and eight practices were assessed subjectively. We anticipated that practice and game performance would be positively correlated with PARs and RARs, and negatively correlated with CRs. Using hierarchical linear modeling, we found that overall PARs are positively correlated with practice and game performance. In addition, CRs were positively correlated to practice performance but not significantly correlated to game performance, while RARs were positively correlated to game performance, but negatively correlated to practice performance.
