Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations

Objectives: This investigation extended the goal striving literature by examining motives for two goals being pursued simultaneously. Grounded in self-determination theory, we examined how student-athletes' motives for their sporting and academic goals were associated with inter-goal facilitati...

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Main Authors: Healy, L., Ntoumanis, Nikos, Duda, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7423
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author Healy, L.
Ntoumanis, Nikos
Duda, J.
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Duda, J.
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description Objectives: This investigation extended the goal striving literature by examining motives for two goals being pursued simultaneously. Grounded in self-determination theory, we examined how student-athletes' motives for their sporting and academic goals were associated with inter-goal facilitation and interference. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: UK university student-athletes (n = 204) identified their most important sporting and academic goals. They then rated their extrinsic, introjected, identified and intrinsic motives for these goals and completed questionnaires assessing inter-goal facilitation and interference. Results: Using a person-centered approach via latent profile analysis, we identified three distinct profiles of goal motives. Auxiliary analyses showed that the profile with high identified motives for both goals reported greater inter-goal facilitation. Conclusions: Extending the previous literature, the findings demonstrate the benefits of autonomous motives when simultaneously pursing goals in sport and academia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-74232024-05-30T08:12:19Z Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations Healy, L. Ntoumanis, Nikos Duda, J. Objectives: This investigation extended the goal striving literature by examining motives for two goals being pursued simultaneously. Grounded in self-determination theory, we examined how student-athletes' motives for their sporting and academic goals were associated with inter-goal facilitation and interference. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: UK university student-athletes (n = 204) identified their most important sporting and academic goals. They then rated their extrinsic, introjected, identified and intrinsic motives for these goals and completed questionnaires assessing inter-goal facilitation and interference. Results: Using a person-centered approach via latent profile analysis, we identified three distinct profiles of goal motives. Auxiliary analyses showed that the profile with high identified motives for both goals reported greater inter-goal facilitation. Conclusions: Extending the previous literature, the findings demonstrate the benefits of autonomous motives when simultaneously pursing goals in sport and academia. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7423 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.03.001 Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle Healy, L.
Ntoumanis, Nikos
Duda, J.
Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations
title Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations
title_full Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations
title_fullStr Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations
title_full_unstemmed Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations
title_short Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: A person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations
title_sort goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: a person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7423