Effects of Motivational Climate on Fear of Failure and Anxiety in Teen Handball Players
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Gómez López, Manuel; Borrego, Carla Chicau; da Silva, Carlos Marques; Granero-Gallegos, Antonio; González Hernández, JuanEditorial
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Coach Motivation Team sports Failure Well-being Performances
Date
2020-01-16Referencia bibliográfica
Gómez-López, M., Chicau Borrego, C., Marques da Silva, C., Granero-Gallegos, A., & González-Hernández, J. (2020). Effects of Motivational Climate on Fear of Failure and Anxiety in Teen Handball Players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(2), 592.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the e ects of the motivational climate created by the
coach and perceived by a group of young, high-performance handball players on their fear of failure
and precompetitive anxiety. The study participants were 479 young handball players. The age range
was 16–17 years old. Players were administered a battery composed of a Perceived Motivational
Climate in Sport Questionnaire, a Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory, and Competitive State
Anxiety Inventory-2R, to measure the aforementioned theoretical constructs. Using structural
equation modelling (SEM), the results showed that the handball players experienced high levels
task-involving climate and moderate values of self-confidence. In contrast, players experienced lower
levels of ego-involving climate, fear of failure, and cognitive and somatic anxiety. The obtained model
shows that fear of failure positively mediates the association between an ego-involving climate with
both cognitive and somatic anxiety, and negatively in terms of self-confidence. In contrast, fear of
failure does not mediate the associations between a task-involving climate and both somatic and
cognitive anxiety and self-confidence.