Mähliß, Kaya (2022) Predictive Effects of Motivation and Grit on Performance in Youth Male Football Players. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
As talents are often recruited and developed from an early age, understanding how interactions can influence the upbringing of potential new talented football players is crucial. This study investigated the relationship between motivation, grit, and performance in talented youth football players. It was hypothesized that motivation and grit would be significant predictors of performance, with grit moderating the relationship (H1), that higher levels of motivation for the training would increase performance levels at the training (H2) and that higher levels of motivation before the next match would increase performance in the next match (H3). This study included 37 participants from a youth academy of an Eredivisie football club in the Netherlands. Longitudinal data was collected over four weeks through pencil and paper questionnaires once before the data collection about their motivational type and grit levels as well as weekly before training by the players to assess their motivation and after training and after matches by the trainers to assess the players' performances. This study used multilevel model analysis to investigate the hypotheses. Even though results suggest that only external motivation with introjected regulation is a significant predictor of performance in the next game, the effect is minimal. Therefore, this study does not provide significant evidence for our hypothesis of a moderation effect (H1) or motivation for training and the next game predicting corresponding performance levels (H2 and H3). Nonetheless, this study proposes a potential new methodology for future research in the field of sports psychology investigating influences in performance in youth football players in a longitudinal and within-individual approach in real-life settings. Insights from such studies can be beneficial in the understanding of talent detection, development, and maintenance in youth football players. Keywords: performance, motivation, grit, football, multilevel analysis, talent development
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huijgen, B.C.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2022 14:50 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2022 14:50 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1088 |
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