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Motivational Profiles and Achievement Goal Dominance in Physical Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2014

Antonio Méndez-Giménez ,
José-Antonio Cecchini-Estrada  and
Javier Fernández-Río
Antonio Méndez-Giménez*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Oviedo (Spain)
José-Antonio Cecchini-Estrada
Affiliation:
Universidad de Oviedo (Spain)
Javier Fernández-Río
Affiliation:
Universidad de Oviedo (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Antonio Méndez-Giménez. Universidad de Oviedo. Facultad de Formación del Profesorado y Educación. C/ Aniceto Sela, s/n (219). Oviedo (Spain). 33005. Phone: +34–985102850. E-mail: mendezantonio@uniovi.es
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Abstract

The main goal was to compare idiographic profiles of achievement goal dominance (AGD) and motivational profiles based on 2x2 achievement goals to improve our understanding of how the four achievement goals work in conjunction with one another, and to discern which profiles are most adaptive in the Physical Education context. A total of 351 students (203 males; 148 females) (M = 14.26 ± 1.37 years) from 3 different secondary schools agreed to participate. 86.6% (N = 303) showed AGD, mostly mastery-approach dominance (62.9%).We examined the four AGD groups’ idiographic profiles and how they relate to certain positive (autonomous motivation and positive affect) and negative variables (controlled motivation and amotivation). The results supported the hypotheses of AGD theory (MANOVA one-way, Wilks’ lambda = .609, F(24, 298) = 7.96, p < .001, η2 = .15). Subsequently, k-means cluster analysis was performed, yielding 4 distinct achievement goal profiles. The most adaptive was named “mastery goals”, while “high achievement goals” were the second most adaptive. AGD participants’distribution across the different motivational clusters was also ascertained (MANOVA one-way, Wilks’ lambda = .678, F(12, 910) = 12.01, p < .001, η2 = .12).

Keywords

goal orientationapproach-avoidanceself-determinationphysical education
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 17 , 2014 , E36
Copyright
Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2014 

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