Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate, Self-Esteem, and Autonomous Motivation in Young Athletes : Testing Propositions from Achievement Goal and Self-Determination Theories

Interactions with parents are known to have a significant impact on children's self-esteem. In this study, designed to test propositions derived from Achievement Goal Theory and Self-Determination Theory, we assessed the influence of perceived parent-initiated mastery and ego motivational clima...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child development research 2012-09, Vol.2012 (2012), p.1-9
Hauptverfasser: O'Rourke, Daniel J., Smith, Ronald E., Smoll, Frank L., Cumming, Sean P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Interactions with parents are known to have a significant impact on children's self-esteem. In this study, designed to test propositions derived from Achievement Goal Theory and Self-Determination Theory, we assessed the influence of perceived parent-initiated mastery and ego motivational climates on self-esteem and self-esteem change in competitive youth swimmers over the course of a 32-week sport season. At each of three measurement points (early, mid, and late season), mastery climate scores on the Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate Questionnaire-2 scale were positively related to global self-esteem scores and to a measure of relative motivational autonomy that reflects the intrinsic-extrinsic motivation continuum, whereas ego climate scores were negatively related to self-esteem and autonomy. Longitudinal analyses revealed that early-season mastery climate predicted positive changes in self-esteem over the course of the season, whereas ego climate predicted decreased self-esteem. Consistent with predictions derived from Self-Determination Theory, a meditational analysis revealed that these self-esteem changes were mediated by changes in autonomous motivation.
ISSN:2090-3987
2090-3995
DOI:10.1155/2012/393914