Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory
Grounded in Basic Needs Theory (BNT; Ryan and Deci, American Psychologist, 55, 68-78, 2000a), the present study aimed to: (a) test a theoretically-based model of coach autonomy support, motivational processes and well-/ill-being among a sample of adult sport participants, (b) discern which basic psy...
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| description | Grounded in Basic Needs Theory (BNT; Ryan and Deci, American Psychologist, 55, 68-78, 2000a), the present study aimed to: (a) test a theoretically-based model of coach autonomy support, motivational processes and well-/ill-being among a sample of adult sport participants, (b) discern which basic psychological need(s) mediate the link between autonomy support and well-/ill-being, and (c) explore gender invariance in the hypothesized model. Five hundred and thirty nine participants (Male = 271; Female = 268; M age = 22.75) completed a multi-section questionnaire tapping the targeted variables. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis revealed that coach autonomy support predicted participants' basic need satisfaction for autonomy, competence and relatedness. In turn, basic need satisfaction predicted greater subjective vitality when engaged in sport. Participants with low levels of autonomy were more susceptible to feeling emotionally and physically exhausted from their sport investment. Autonomy and competence partially mediated the path from autonomy support to subjective vitality. Lastly, the results supported partial invariance of the model with respect to gender. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-414582018-03-29T09:07:09Z Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory Adie, J. Duda, J. Ntoumanis, Nikos Grounded in Basic Needs Theory (BNT; Ryan and Deci, American Psychologist, 55, 68-78, 2000a), the present study aimed to: (a) test a theoretically-based model of coach autonomy support, motivational processes and well-/ill-being among a sample of adult sport participants, (b) discern which basic psychological need(s) mediate the link between autonomy support and well-/ill-being, and (c) explore gender invariance in the hypothesized model. Five hundred and thirty nine participants (Male = 271; Female = 268; M age = 22.75) completed a multi-section questionnaire tapping the targeted variables. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis revealed that coach autonomy support predicted participants' basic need satisfaction for autonomy, competence and relatedness. In turn, basic need satisfaction predicted greater subjective vitality when engaged in sport. Participants with low levels of autonomy were more susceptible to feeling emotionally and physically exhausted from their sport investment. Autonomy and competence partially mediated the path from autonomy support to subjective vitality. Lastly, the results supported partial invariance of the model with respect to gender. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41458 10.1007/s11031-008-9095-z Springer Netherlands restricted |
| spellingShingle | Adie, J. Duda, J. Ntoumanis, Nikos Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory |
| title | Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory |
| title_full | Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory |
| title_fullStr | Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory |
| title_short | Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory |
| title_sort | autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: a test of basic needs theory |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41458 |