Preusting, Gitte (2024) Aiming for Success: The Role of Approach Goals in Performance Improvement in Youth Tennis Players. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Goal setting, especially setting approach goals, is an often-used strategy to enhance task performance. Previous research has shown that mastery approach (MAp) goals are beneficial for sports performance, while performance approach (PAp) goals seem to have mixed results. The current study investigated whether approach goals are related to improvement of tennis performance over time, through a prospective design. Enjoyment is proposed to be a potential mediator of the relationship between MAp goals and performance improvement, but not for the relationship between PAp goals and performance improvement. Talented youth tennis players (N = 171) filled in a questionnaire on achievement goal orientations and answered questions about enjoyment of their sport. The players’ objective performance ratings of two tennis seasons were used to calculate their improvement in the sport over five years. The statistical analyses indicate that both PAp and MAp goals do not relate significantly to performance improvement over time. Enjoyment is also not significantly related to approach goals and performance, when controlling for age. It can be concluded that in this sample, approach goal orientations seem to be unrelated to performance improvement or enjoyment in talented young tennis players. Theoretical implications are discussed. Keywords: achievement goal orientation, enjoyment, sports, mastery, prospective design
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huijgen, B.C.H. and Rikken, K.T.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2024 06:23 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2024 06:23 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4211 |
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