Parents in Sport. Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate and Goal Orientation in Sport

Abstract

Introduction: The role of parents in contemporary sport is much more frequently researched nowadays. In the recent years the balance in the triangle "coach-athlete-parent" has often been disrupted. On the one hand, the positive role of parents has been emphasized. On the other hand, the high expectations and pressure on behalf of parents may turn into a serious negative factor. This manuscript presents the results from a survey of Parent-initiated motivational climate and its relation to Perceived Motivational Climate and Goal orientation in sport. The aim of present study is to research Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate among athletes practicing different kinds of sport and to seek its relations with Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire and Goal orientation in Sport. Methodology: The research was done among 114 competitors practicing 5 kinds of sport (volleyball, fencing, rhythmic gymnastics, football, and tennis) aged between 11 and 17 years, divided into groups according to their sport, gender and qualification.

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“…The mean value for the task orientation was М = 3.43. These results differ from those obtained in other surveys of ours (Iancheva, Kuleva, 2017;Iancheva, 2019) and some data in the literature. The data from the comparative analysis of the results of the athletes practicing individual and team sports revealed statistically significant differences along three of the researched parameters (Table 2) -horizontal collectivism, degree of collectivism in the team, and task orientation.…”

“…We found the results from the research of goal orientation surprising. Ego orientation was dominant in our sample, which differs from the findings in our previous studies (Iancheva, Kuleva, 2017, Iancheva, 2019.…”