Motivational Climate in Youth Football Players
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Castro Sánchez, Manuel; Zurita Ortega, Félix; Ubago Jiménez, José Luis; Ramírez Granizo, Irwin Andrés; Chacón Cuberos, RamónEditorial
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Motivational climate Football Teenagers
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2018-09-15Referencia bibliográfica
Castro Sánchez, M.[et al.]. Motivational Climate in Youth Football Players. Behav. Sci. 2018, 8, 83; doi:10.3390/bs8090083.
Resumen
(1) Background: In recent decades, the psychology of sport has gained special relevance in
this field, due to the influence of psychological variables on sports performance and the regularity
of sports practice. The aim of this research is to analyse the motivational climate of footballers.
(2) Methods: This study uses a descriptive cross-sectional design on a sample of 156 adolescent
football players, using an ad-hoc questionnaire for the recording of socio-demographic variables and
the PMCSQ-2 questionnaire on motivational climate in sport. (3) Results: The results of the present
investigation indicate that footballers are more oriented towards task than ego, sportsmen who
compete in Honor Division being the those who are more oriented towards ego and those of National
Division being more oriented towards task. (4) Conclusions: The main conclusion of this research is
those who are the motivational climate is related to the division in which the players compete.