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Commitment, Enjoyment and Motivation in Young Soccer Competitive Players

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Alexandre Garcia-Mas ,
Pere Palou ,
Margarita Gili ,
Xavier Ponseti ,
Pere A. Borras ,
Josep Vidal ,
Jaume Cruz ,
Miquel Torregrosa ,
Francisco Villamarín  and
Catarina Sousa
Alexandre Garcia-Mas*
Affiliation:
Universidad de las Islas Baleares (Spain)
Pere Palou
Affiliation:
Universidad de las Islas Baleares (Spain)
Margarita Gili
Affiliation:
Universidad de las Islas Baleares (Spain)
Xavier Ponseti
Affiliation:
Universidad de las Islas Baleares (Spain)
Pere A. Borras
Affiliation:
Universidad de las Islas Baleares (Spain)
Josep Vidal
Affiliation:
Universidad de las Islas Baleares (Spain)
Jaume Cruz
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Miquel Torregrosa
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Francisco Villamarín
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Catarina Sousa
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Alexandre Garcia-Mas, Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de las Islas Baleares. Cra. de Valldemossa km 7,5. 07122 Palma. Islas Baleares. (Spain). E-mail address: alex.garcia@uib.es
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Abstract

Building upon Deci's and Ryan (1985) Self-determination theory as well as the sportive behavioral correlates of the model of Commitment (Scanlan et al., 1976), this study tries to establish the relationship between motivation and commitment in youth sport. For this purpose 454 young competitive soccer players answered the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) and the Sport Commitment Questionnaire (SCQ) during the regular season.

The SMS measures the three dimensions of the Motivational continuum (the Amotivation, the Extrinsic Motivation and the Intrinsic Motivation). The SCQ measures the Sportive Commitment and its composing factors such as the Enjoyment, the Alternatives to the sport, and the Social Pressure. Our findings provided a clear pattern of the influence of motivation in sport enjoyment and commitment, outlining the positive contribution of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enjoyment and commitment. Amotivation, contributes positively to alternatives to sport and negatively to enjoyment and commitment. It should be noted that extrinsic motivation has a higher contribution to enjoyment whereas intrinsic motivation has a higher contribution to commitment.

Fundamentándose en la teoría de la Autodeterminación (Deci y Ryan, 1985) así como en los correlatos conductuales del modelo de Compromiso (Scanlan et al. 1976), este estudio trata de establecer las relaciones entre motivación y compromiso en jóvenes jugadores de fútbol. Con este propósito 454 jóvenes jugadores de fútbol contestaron la Escala de Motivación Deportiva (SMS) y el Cuestionario de Compromiso Deportivo (SCQ).

El SMS mide las tres dimensiones del continuum motivacional (Amotivación, Motivación extrínseca y motivación intrínseca). El SCQ mide el compromiso deportivo y los factores que lo componen, tales como el disfrute, las alternativas al deporte y la presión social. Nuestros resultados proporcionan un patrón claro acerca de la influencia de la motivación en el compromiso y la diversión en el deporte, subrayando la contribución positiva de la motivación intrínseca y extrínseca en la diversión y el compromiso. La amotivación contribuye positivamente a las alternativas al deporte y negativamente a la diversión y el compromiso. Es de destacar que la motivación extrínseca tiene una contribución mayor a la diversión, mientras que la motivación intrínseca tiene una contribución mayor al compromiso.

Keywords

commitmentenjoymentself-determinationsocceryoung playerscompromisodisfruteautodeterminaciónfútboljóvenes jugadores
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , November 2010 , pp. 609 - 616
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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