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Coach Autonomy Support and Quality of Sport Engagement in Young Soccer Players

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

María Sol Álvarez ,
Isabel Balaguer ,
Isabel Castillo  and
Joan L. Duda
María Sol Álvarez
Affiliation:
Universitate de Valéncia (Spain)
Isabel Balaguer*
Affiliation:
Universitate de Valéncia (Spain)
Isabel Castillo
Affiliation:
Universitate de Valéncia (Spain)
Joan L. Duda
Affiliation:
The University of Birmingham(UK)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Isabel Balaguer, Universitat de Valéncia, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Psicología Social, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, 46010 Valencia (Spain). Phone: +34 96 386 45 72. Fax: +34 96 386 46 68. E-mail: Isabel.Balaguer@uv.es
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Abstract

Based on the self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000), this study tested a model of the assumed sequential relationships between perceived autonomy support, psychological need satisfaction, self-determined motivation, and enjoyment/boredom. The hypothesized mediational roles of psychological need satisfaction and self-determined motivation were also studied. In a sample of 370 young male soccer players, path analysis results offered support for the proposed model. Total mediation was supported in the case of the psychological need satisfaction in the relationship between autonomy support and self-determined motivation, and partial mediation for self-determined motivation in the links between psychological need satisfaction and enjoyment (positive) and boredom (negative). Implications of autonomy-supportive behaviors provided by coaches for the quality of sport involvement among young athletes are discussed.

En el marco de la teoría de la autodeterminación (Ryan & Deci, 2000), en este estudio se puso a prueba un modelo en el que se analizaron de forma secuencial las relaciones entre la percepción de apoyo a la autonomía del entrenador, la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas, la motivación autodeterminada y la diversión y el aburrimiento; así como el papel mediador hipotetizado de la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas y de la motivación autodeterminada. Los resultados del path análisis realizados con una muestra de 370 jóvenes futbolistas varones, ofrecieron apoyo al modelo propuesto. A su vez los análisis de mediación informaron que se producía una mediación total de la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas en las relaciones entre el apoyo a la autonomía y la motivación autodeterminada y una mediación parcial de la motivación autodeterminada con respecto a los enlaces entre la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas y la diversión (positivo) y aburrimiento (negativo). Se discuten las implicaciones que las conductas de apoyo a la autonomía del entrenador pueden tener para la calidad de la implicación deportiva en los jóvenes deportistas.

Keywords

autonomy supportpsychological needsself-determined motivationenjoyment / boredomsoccerapoyo a la autonomíanecesidades psicológicasmotivación autodeterminadadiversión/ aburrimientofútbol

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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , May 2009 , pp. 138 - 148
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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