Micale, Alice (2022) Do individual's differences in need strength influence the relation between coach’s need support and athlete’s performance self-evaluation? Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In the sport environment it is crucial that the coach sufficiently nurtures and supports athletes’ needs, because of their relevance in increasing athletes’ performance self-evaluation (PSE). The current study aims to examine the relationship between a coach’s need support and an athlete’s PSE, which is thought to be a function of the corresponding need strength. We hypothesized this moderation for six specific needs: autonomy, competence, relatedness, goal setting, feed forward and reflection. A sample of 402 young soccer players (ages 14-18) were asked to complete a series of questionnaires aimed to explore the coach’s support, athlete’s needs, and PSE. As hypothesized, the results consistently show a positive and significant relationship between perceived need support from the coach and athletes’ PSE, in all six needs. However, the expected moderation effects were found only regarding to goal-setting and feed forward need strength. Unexpectedly, the link between need support and PSE was stronger for low-need strength athletes in both goal setting and feed forward compared to high-need strength athletes. Hence, the role of individual differences in need strength remains unclear.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Yperen, N. van |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2023 08:29 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2023 08:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1526 |
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