Children's Achievement Goals and Beliefs about Success in Sport  

Oleh:

Duda, Joan L. ; Fox, Kenneth R. ; Biddle, Stuart J. H. ; Armstrong, Neil

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Journal of Educational Psychology vol. 62 no. 03 (Nov. 1992), page 313.
Topik: Children; Achievement Goals; Beliefs; Success in Sport; task-orientation; ego-orientation; cooperation; work avoidant goals

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The purpose of this study was to investigate children's motivational orientations to sport. Recent social cognitive theories of achievement motivation were applied in order: (1) to determine the interrelationships between children's goal orientaions and beliefs about success in sport, and (2) to examine the correspondence between foal-belief deimensions and children's interest in and enjoyment of sport activities. One hundred and forty two 10-year-old British boys and girls completed an inventory assessing their goal orientations (dispositional emphasis on task-oriented, ego-oriented, cooperation, and work avoidant goals), beliefs about the causes of success, and degree of satisfaction/interest specific to the context of sports and games. Sex differences in ego orientation and the perceived causes for sport success emerged. Correlational and factor analyses revealed that task orientation was linked to a fcus on cooperation and the belief thatsuccess stems from effort. Ego orientation was coupled with an emphasis on work avoidance and the view that the possession of ability and/or deceptive tactics and external factors lead to success. The task goal-belief factor positively correlated with the children's reported enjoyment of sport and was negatively related to the amount of boredom experienced. Children who were high in the ego-belief dimension tended to find sport more boring. The implications of these findings in terms of maximising children's investment in achievement activities are discussed.

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