The associations between motivational climate, basic psychological needs and dropout in volleyball – A comparison across competitive levels
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The associations between motivational climate, basic psychological needs and dropout in volleyball – A comparison across competitive levels. / Elsborg, Peter; Appleton, Paul; Wikman, Johan Michael; Nielsen, Glen.
In: European Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2023, p. 393-403.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The associations between motivational climate, basic psychological needs and dropout in volleyball – A comparison across competitive levels
AU - Elsborg, Peter
AU - Appleton, Paul
AU - Wikman, Johan Michael
AU - Nielsen, Glen
N1 - CURIS 2023 NEXS 070
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of motivational climate for the satisfaction of psychological needs and dropout in recreational, intermediate and elite volleyball. 7936 volleyball players from all 321 volleyball clubs across Denmark were invited to participate in the study. Three thousand three thirty answered the questionnaire and 2150 were included in the analysis. Dropout from Volleyball was measured as the proportion of players that had stopped playing volleyball over the last year. The coach-created motivational climate was measured using the Motivational Climate Scale for Youth Sports. The satisfaction of players’ psychological needs was measured using an adapted version of the basic psychological needs in exercise scale. The psychometric scales were validated and showed good model fit. For volleyball players of all levels, the degree of mastery climate predicted the satisfaction of the players’ basic psychological needs satisfaction during volleyball which was in turn associated with lower dropout rates. Performance climate had a weak negative association with the satisfaction of psychological needs on the intermediate level only. When adjusting the models for the negative association between performance climate and mastery climate this negative association became nonsignificant and a weak positive association to needs satisfaction emerged for players at the elite level. Findings confirm that the coach-created mastery climate in volleyball teams is important for the satisfaction of players’ basic psychological needs and continuation within the sport across the recreational, intermediate and elite levels.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of motivational climate for the satisfaction of psychological needs and dropout in recreational, intermediate and elite volleyball. 7936 volleyball players from all 321 volleyball clubs across Denmark were invited to participate in the study. Three thousand three thirty answered the questionnaire and 2150 were included in the analysis. Dropout from Volleyball was measured as the proportion of players that had stopped playing volleyball over the last year. The coach-created motivational climate was measured using the Motivational Climate Scale for Youth Sports. The satisfaction of players’ psychological needs was measured using an adapted version of the basic psychological needs in exercise scale. The psychometric scales were validated and showed good model fit. For volleyball players of all levels, the degree of mastery climate predicted the satisfaction of the players’ basic psychological needs satisfaction during volleyball which was in turn associated with lower dropout rates. Performance climate had a weak negative association with the satisfaction of psychological needs on the intermediate level only. When adjusting the models for the negative association between performance climate and mastery climate this negative association became nonsignificant and a weak positive association to needs satisfaction emerged for players at the elite level. Findings confirm that the coach-created mastery climate in volleyball teams is important for the satisfaction of players’ basic psychological needs and continuation within the sport across the recreational, intermediate and elite levels.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Task climate
KW - Ego climate
KW - Adherence
KW - Continuation
KW - Enjoyment
KW - Well-being
KW - Motivation
U2 - 10.1080/17461391.2022.2041100
DO - 10.1080/17461391.2022.2041100
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35137679
VL - 23
SP - 393
EP - 403
JO - European Journal of Sport Science
JF - European Journal of Sport Science
SN - 1746-1391
IS - 3
ER -
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