An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation

Satisfaction of an athlete is important to indicate intrinsic motivation. Satisfaction is a feeling that rises from the perception, mind and thinking of and individual. Individual satisfaction upon group or teammates somehow may influence on intrinsic motivation. This study was conducted during the...

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Main Authors: Abu Samah, Irza Hanie, Omar, Zoharah, Osman, Abdullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43730/
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author Abu Samah, Irza Hanie
Omar, Zoharah
Osman, Abdullah
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Omar, Zoharah
Osman, Abdullah
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description Satisfaction of an athlete is important to indicate intrinsic motivation. Satisfaction is a feeling that rises from the perception, mind and thinking of and individual. Individual satisfaction upon group or teammates somehow may influence on intrinsic motivation. This study was conducted during the National Open Competition Games (Archery) in Malaysia. 139 questionnaires were administered during the games. Findings shows that the majority of respondents have high level on athlete’s satisfaction on teammates with 75.5% (M=3.99, SD=0.68). Respondents also portray high level of intrinsic motivation whereby the percentage is 82.70%, (M=4.16, SD=0.62). The result of the study indicate that there is a significant relationship on athletes’ satisfaction on teammates towards intrinsic motivation (p<0.01, r= 0.428).
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spelling upm-437302016-09-20T03:40:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43730/ An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation Abu Samah, Irza Hanie Omar, Zoharah Osman, Abdullah Satisfaction of an athlete is important to indicate intrinsic motivation. Satisfaction is a feeling that rises from the perception, mind and thinking of and individual. Individual satisfaction upon group or teammates somehow may influence on intrinsic motivation. This study was conducted during the National Open Competition Games (Archery) in Malaysia. 139 questionnaires were administered during the games. Findings shows that the majority of respondents have high level on athlete’s satisfaction on teammates with 75.5% (M=3.99, SD=0.68). Respondents also portray high level of intrinsic motivation whereby the percentage is 82.70%, (M=4.16, SD=0.62). The result of the study indicate that there is a significant relationship on athletes’ satisfaction on teammates towards intrinsic motivation (p<0.01, r= 0.428). Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43730/1/An%20Investigation%20of%20Athletes%E2%80%99%20Satisfaction%20towards.pdf Abu Samah, Irza Hanie and Omar, Zoharah and Osman, Abdullah (2015) An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research, 20 (1). pp. 349-355. ISSN 2307-4531 http://gssrr.org/index.php?journal=JournalOfBasicAndApplied&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=3405&path%5B%5D=2139
spellingShingle Abu Samah, Irza Hanie
Omar, Zoharah
Osman, Abdullah
An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation
title An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation
title_full An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation
title_fullStr An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation
title_full_unstemmed An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation
title_short An investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation
title_sort investigation of athletes satisfaction towards teammates and its relationship with athletes intrinsic motivation
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43730/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43730/1/An%20Investigation%20of%20Athletes%E2%80%99%20Satisfaction%20towards.pdf