Correlates of motivational climate in sport: a meta-analysis
Graduation Date
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Other
Program
Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, Kinesiology, 2014
Committee Chair Name
Rock Braithwaite
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Sport, Needs satisfaction, Motivational climate, TARGET, Humboldt State University -- Theses -- Kinesiology
Abstract
The purpose of the current investigation was to synthesize the motivational climate literature to determine the relationships (effects) between mastery and performance climates and several different outcomes and moderating variables in sport contexts. Standard meta-analytic procedures using inclusion criteria to conduct literature searches, coding procedures, and statistical analyses on 87 studies with 88 independent samples. Cohen's (1988) criteria for correlations were used to determine the strength of the relationship between variables and moderators. Results indicated that there were significant small positive to large positive effects for between mastery climate and adaptive outcomes and small negative effects with maladaptive outcomes. There were significant small to moderate positive effects between performance climate perceptions and maladaptive outcomes and small negative relationships to adaptive outcomes. Moderator analyses revealed that there significant differences for the methodological characteristic activity and the sample characteristic age. Findings suggest that coaches would benefit from implementing strategies that improve athlete perceptions of a mastery climate.
Recommended Citation
McLain, Breanna, "Correlates of motivational climate in sport: a meta-analysis" (2014). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 970.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/970
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/w6634587x