Achievement goals, motivational climate and sportspersonship: a study of young handball players

Authors: Stornes T.¹; Ommundsen Y.²

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, Volume 48, Number 2, April 2004 , pp. 205-221(17)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between achievement goals, perceptions of motivational climate and sportspersonship in a sample of young male Norwegian handball players. A cross-sectional study of 440 male handball players aged from 14 to 16 was conducted, in which the players responded to a questionnaire measuring different dimensions of sportspersonship, achievement goals and the motivational climate. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that players who were task-oriented and those that perceived the motivational climate as predominantly mastery-oriented, reported higher levels of sportspersonship. In contrast, ego-oriented players and players perceiving the motivational climate as predominantly performance-oriented were more apt to report unsporting behaviour and less respect for social conventions, opponents, rules and officials. Moreover, interaction effects revealed that strongly ego-oriented players showed significantly less respect for their opponents when operating in a weak rather than a strong mastery climate.

Keywords: sportspersonship; handball; achievement goals; motivational climate

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0031383042000198512

Affiliations: 1: Stavanger University College Centre for Behavioural Research PO Box 8002 N-4068 Stavanger Norway 2: Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education PO Box 4014 Ullevål Stadion N-0806 Oslo Norway

Publication date: 2004-04-01

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