Motivational Context and Perfectionism Traits in Pediatric Sports
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.2.1. Sociodemographic and Sports Data
2.2.2. Motivational Climate
2.2.3. Coach’s Autonomy Support
2.2.4. Perceived Coach Pressure
2.2.5. Concern over Mistakes
3. Procedure
4. Data Analysis
5. Results
5.1. Preliminary Analysis
5.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
5.3. Path Analysis
5.4. Simple Mediation
6. Discussion
6.1. Implications
6.2. Limitations and Future Perspectives
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Range | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
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1 Task-involving climate | 1–5 | 3.80 | 0.69 | ||||
2 Ego-involving climate | 1–5 | 2.46 | 0.72 | −0.14 | |||
3 Autonomy support | 1–7 | 5.33 | 1.39 | 0.28 ** | −0.29 ** | ||
4 Perceived coach pressure | 1–6 | 3.28 | 0.99 | −0.13 | 0.53 ** | 0.13 | |
5 Concern over mistakes | 1–5 | 2.06 | 0.76 | −0.15 | 0.35 ** | −0.17 * | 0.28 ** |
Instrument | χ2/df | Sig. | RMSEA (90% CI) | CFI | TLI | ω |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PMCSQ-2 | 5.02 | p < 0.001 | 0.08 (0.07, 0.09) | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.79 TC 0.81 EC |
S-SCQ | 5.12 | p < 0.001 | 0.07 (0.03, 0.12) | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.89 |
MIPS (Perceived Coach Pressure) | 5.00 | p < 0.001 | 0.07 (0.04, 0.11) | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.79 |
Sport-MPS-2 (Concern over Mistakes) | 5.01 | p < 0.001 | 0.07 (0.04, 0.98) | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.71 |
Item | λ | σ | Item | λ | σ | |
TC1 | 0.75 | 0.04 | S-SCQ1 | 0.84 | 0.03 | |
TC2 | 0.77 | 0.04 | S-SCQ2 | 0.90 | 0.02 | |
TC3 | 0.67 | 0.05 | S-SCQ3 | 0.78 | 0.03 | |
TC4 | 0.45 | 0.06 | S-SCQ4 | 0.81 | 0.03 | |
TC5 | 0.30 | 0.07 | S-SCQ5 | 0.78 | 0.03 | |
TC6 | 0.59 | 0.06 | S-SCQ6 | 0.77 | 0.03 | |
TC7 | 0.24 | 0.07 | MIPS1 | 0.43 | 0.06 | |
TC8 | 0.60 | 0.05 | MIPS2 | 0.74 | 0.04 | |
TC9 | 0.71 | 0.05 | MIPS3 | 0.68 | 0.04 | |
TC10 | 0.69 | 0.05 | MIPS4 | 0.70 | 0.04 | |
TC11 | 0.57 | 0.06 | MIPS5 | 0.73 | 0.04 | |
EC1 | 0.51 | 0.06 | MIPS6 | 0.51 | 0.06 | |
EC2 | 0.72 | 0.04 | MIPS7 | 0.40 | 0.06 | |
EC3 | 0.78 | 0.04 | MIPS8 | 0.62 | 0.05 | |
EC4 | 0.39 | 0.09 | Sport-MPS-21 | 0.39 | 0.07 | |
EC5 | 0.59 | 0.06 | Sport-MPS-22 | 0.44 | 0.07 | |
EC6 | 0.58 | 0.06 | Sport-MPS-23 | 0.56 | 0.06 | |
EC7 | 0.60 | 0.06 | Sport-MPS-24 | 0.74 | 0.05 | |
EC8 | 0.52 | 0.07 | Sport-MPS-25 | 0.64 | 0.05 | |
EC9 | 0.83 | 0.03 | Sport-MPS-26 | 0.52 | 0.06 | |
EC10 | 0.39 | 0.08 | Sport-MPS-27 | 0.76 | 0.05 | |
EC11 | 0.69 | 0.05 | ||||
EC12 | 0.39 | 0.07 | ||||
EC13 | 0.72 | 0.05 |
Sequences | Indirect Effect (95% CI) |
---|---|
Task-involving climate—perceived coach pressure—concern over mistakes | −0.03 (−0.10 to 0.01) |
Ego-involving climate—perceived coach pressure—concern over mistakes | −0.07 (−0.04 to 0.19) |
Autonomy support—perceived coach pressure—concern over mistakes | −0.02 (−0.00 to 0.05) |
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Pineda-Espejel, H.A.; León, J.; Núñez, J.L.; Morquecho-Sánchez, R.; Trejo, M.; Morales-Sánchez, V. Motivational Context and Perfectionism Traits in Pediatric Sports. Sustainability 2021, 13, 11639. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111639
Pineda-Espejel HA, León J, Núñez JL, Morquecho-Sánchez R, Trejo M, Morales-Sánchez V. Motivational Context and Perfectionism Traits in Pediatric Sports. Sustainability. 2021; 13(21):11639. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111639
Chicago/Turabian StylePineda-Espejel, Heriberto Antonio, Jaime León, Juan L. Núñez, Raquel Morquecho-Sánchez, Marina Trejo, and Verónica Morales-Sánchez. 2021. "Motivational Context and Perfectionism Traits in Pediatric Sports" Sustainability 13, no. 21: 11639. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111639