This research investigated whether and how self-determined motivation predicts perceived susceptibility to injury during competition (marathon). Two correlational studies including 378 (Study 1) and 339 (Study 2) marathon runners were conducted. Participants filled out a questionnaire the day before the race measuring self-determined motivation, perceived susceptibilities to marathon-related injury and to keep running through pain, and control variables. Study 1 showed that self-determined motivation was negatively related to perceived susceptibility to marathon-related injury. Study 2 replicated this finding and showed that this relationship was partially mediated by perceived susceptibility to keep running through pain during the race. Moreover, results indicated that the predictive role of self-determination was mostly driven by controlled forms of motivation, and more particularly external regulation. These results suggest that self-determined motivation for sport is a protective factor of injury.
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En prenant comme objet d’investigation le marathon des Alpes-Maritimes, nous avons choisi d’explorer sociologiquement l’attractivité de cet événement. Une enquête de nature quantitative met en exergue certaines caractéristiques de la population pratiquante. Les résultats révèlent que cette course de grand fond rassemble majoritairement des pratiquants occasionnels et quarantenaires, dont la part féminine est élevée, et essentiellement attirés par un dépassement de soi, associé à l’enchantement du site azuréen. Leurs activités relèvent davantage du registre de la consommation touristique que de celui de la pratique compétitive. Participer au marathon s’apparente ainsi à une consommation ludique et touristique qui diverge des actuelles modalités organisationnelles issues de la tradition compétitive. Si, aujourd’hui, l’événement sportif place la course en position centrale, dans le futur, participer à un tel événement s’envisagera sous la forme d’un séjour de tourisme dont l’un des produits d’appel serait de concourir à un marathon.
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