Psychological safety of the learning environment in sports school as a factor of achievement motivation development in young athletes

The article is dedicated to studying the influence of psychological safety of the learning environment in sports school on manifestation of achievement motivation in young athletes. The aim is to determine an interdependence of indicators of social and psychological safety of the learning environment in sports school with indicators of sport motivation in young athletes. An empirical research was performedwitha sample of young athletesstudying and training at a sports school (n=61, the age of 15-16 years). Such psychodiagnostic techniques are applied: "Socio-psychological Safety of Subject» ("SSS") (Eksacusto, 2009), "Sport Motivation Scale" ("SMS") (Vallerand, 1997, adapted by Kasatkin, Vykhodets & Kvitchastyy, 2012), "Motives for Playing Sports" ("MPS") (Shaboltas, 2004). Results. The interrelations between the indicators of social and psychological safety of the learning environment in sports school and structural components of sport motivation in young athleteshave beenrevealed. A significant tie-in between a motive to achieve success in sports and safety (.284; p