Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France

The coach-created motivational climate is a key determinant of athletes' welfare and degree of optimal functioning when taking part in sport. The purpose of this study, grounded in a self-determination theory and achievement goal theory-integrated framework, was to investigate to what extent th...

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Main Authors: Tessier, D., Smith, N., Tzioumakis, Y., Quested, Eleanor, Sarrazin, P., Papaioannou, A., Digelidis, N., Duda, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18887
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author Tessier, D.
Smith, N.
Tzioumakis, Y.
Quested, Eleanor
Sarrazin, P.
Papaioannou, A.
Digelidis, N.
Duda, J.
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Smith, N.
Tzioumakis, Y.
Quested, Eleanor
Sarrazin, P.
Papaioannou, A.
Digelidis, N.
Duda, J.
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description The coach-created motivational climate is a key determinant of athletes' welfare and degree of optimal functioning when taking part in sport. The purpose of this study, grounded in a self-determination theory and achievement goal theory-integrated framework, was to investigate to what extent the differences in the objective motivational climate created by the coaches involved in the European-wide "Promoting Adolescent Physical Activity" project were a function of their country affiliation (i.e. England, Greece and France). Fifty-seven coaches (55 men and 2 women) from England, Greece and France were selected to take part in the study. Each coach was videotaped during one complete training session using a digital camcorder and microphone. The recently developed Multidimensional Motivational Climate Observation System was used to code the coach-created motivational climate in terms of need-supportive and need-thwarting environmental dimensions. Results showed that (1) coaches were observed to emphasise on a more need-supportive environment than a need-thwarting one (i.e. 69.9% and 30.1% of the whole behaviours coded, respectively) and (2) although coaches' interpersonal styles varied significantly across countries, the general pattern of the coach-created environment observed in the three countries had a similar profile. © 2013 International Society of Sport Psychology.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-188872017-09-13T13:44:34Z Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France Tessier, D. Smith, N. Tzioumakis, Y. Quested, Eleanor Sarrazin, P. Papaioannou, A. Digelidis, N. Duda, J. The coach-created motivational climate is a key determinant of athletes' welfare and degree of optimal functioning when taking part in sport. The purpose of this study, grounded in a self-determination theory and achievement goal theory-integrated framework, was to investigate to what extent the differences in the objective motivational climate created by the coaches involved in the European-wide "Promoting Adolescent Physical Activity" project were a function of their country affiliation (i.e. England, Greece and France). Fifty-seven coaches (55 men and 2 women) from England, Greece and France were selected to take part in the study. Each coach was videotaped during one complete training session using a digital camcorder and microphone. The recently developed Multidimensional Motivational Climate Observation System was used to code the coach-created motivational climate in terms of need-supportive and need-thwarting environmental dimensions. Results showed that (1) coaches were observed to emphasise on a more need-supportive environment than a need-thwarting one (i.e. 69.9% and 30.1% of the whole behaviours coded, respectively) and (2) although coaches' interpersonal styles varied significantly across countries, the general pattern of the coach-created environment observed in the three countries had a similar profile. © 2013 International Society of Sport Psychology. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18887 10.1080/1612197X.2013.831259 restricted
spellingShingle Tessier, D.
Smith, N.
Tzioumakis, Y.
Quested, Eleanor
Sarrazin, P.
Papaioannou, A.
Digelidis, N.
Duda, J.
Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France
title Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France
title_full Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France
title_fullStr Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France
title_full_unstemmed Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France
title_short Comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in England, Greece and France
title_sort comparing the objective motivational climate created by grassroots soccer coaches in england, greece and france
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18887