Using Self-Determination Theory to Explain Sport Persistence and Dropout in Adolescent Athletes

Calvo, Tomás García; Cervelló, Eduardo; Jiménez, R.; Gallego, Damián Iglesias; Murcia, Juan Antônio Moreno

doi:10.1017/s1138741600002341

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“…Finally, the importance given by coaches, at both analyzed time points, to the feelings of relatedness (i.e., belonging to a group), is consistent both with the theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000) and empirical evidence (e.g., Calvo et al, 2010;Ulrich-French & Smith, 2006;Vazou, Ntoumanis, & Duda, 2006). Fraser-Thomas, Côté, and Deakin (2005) arguing that social relationships with teammates (e.g., friendship, belonging to a group) have positive psychological consequences (e.g., enjoyment, perceived competence, self-esteem), and may even become, in time, as one of the most important reasons for athletes to remain committed and persist in practicing a sport.…”

Section: Motives To Persist In Women's Artistic Gymnasticssupporting

confidence: 80%

The Perceptions of the Best Portuguese Coaches about Dropout and Persistence in Women’s Artistic Gymnasts

Pereira¹,

Faro²,

Stotlar³

et al. 2014

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The purpose of the present investigation was to study the perceptions of the best Portuguese coaches of women's artistic gymnastics on athletes' persistence and dropout behaviors. Semi-structured interviews were applied to obtain the coaches' (n=8) accounts on why athletes persisted in or dropped out of gymnastics, and what lead parents to maintain or remove their daughters from gymnastics. In both cases, two distinct time periods were distinguished: "at the beginning of the career" and "throughout the career". Additionally, coaches were also questioned as to the factors underlying athletes' success in gymnastics. Results showed that, in the opinion of coaches, the decision to dropout or persist, whether it emanated from the athletes or their parents, stemmed from multiple causes. Nevertheless, the rigorous physical and psychological demands of the training process, and the conflict of those demands with work, study and family commitments, were often strong motives for athletes' and parents' dissatisfaction. Contrariwise, the enjoyment derived through the involvement in gymnastics, competitive ambition and the experience of success were some of the main motives attributed to athletes' persistence in gymnastics. Regarding parents, gymnastics began as a way to fill up their daughters' free time and as a means to promote their comprehensive education. However, in time, gymnastics seemed to become a means of social affirmation and an outlet for parents' personal frustrations. Finally, coaches stressed the importance, for success in women's gymnastics, of successful competitive results and enjoyment, as well as the human and social circumstances surrounding the athletes.

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confidence: 80%

The Perceptions of the Best Portuguese Coaches about Dropout and Persistence in Women’s Artistic Gymnasts

Pereira¹,

Faro²,

Stotlar³

et al. 2014

IJPS

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“…29]. Dropout, in turn, has repeatedly been explained through self-determination theory and negative results in its factors, like amotivation, external regulation, and/or low level of autonomy [30]. Coaches, especially in team sports, should recognise the differences in body size and skill levels and tailor training accordingly.…”

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Health Promotion in Sport Coaching: Coaches and Young Male Athletes' Evaluations on the Health Promotion Activity of Coaches

Kokko

Villberg

Kannas

2015

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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Sport coaches have paradoxical attitudes towards addressing health promotion as a part of their coaching practice: health is recognized as an important factor, but not greatly invested in. Overall, the extent to which youth sport coaches take health promotion into account has been unclear. Therefore, it is the intention of this study to clarify this situation. The results show that coaches evaluate their own activity on health promotion as being relatively active, whereas young male athletes' evaluations reveal a wide gap in how they perceived the coaches' activity. Young male athletes perceived their coaches as being substantially more passive in comparison to coaches' self-evaluations. This difference may indicate either that coaches' health promotion activity is generally infrequent or that what is done is broadly ineffective. Either way, as the global health-related problems of decreasing physical activity, increasing sedentary lifestyles, and obesity are all issues affecting youths attending sports clubs, arguably there is a need for youth sport coaches to invest more in health promotion activities. However, the coaches need more support from the sports clubs.

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“…Further, the experience of need satisfaction within leisure activities may be important for individuals to continue the activity, and programs that fail to satisfy the three needs may lead to withdrawal from both current and future participation in leisure activities (e.g. Calvo et al 2010; Eccles 2005; Sarrazin et al 2002). Because need satisfaction within leisure activities is demonstrated to have beneficial effects on adolescents’ well-being, it is also important to promote sustained participation to benefit their positive development and their mental (and physical) health.…”

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Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction in Leisure Activities and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction

Leversen

Danielsen

Birkeland

et al. 2012

J Youth Adolescence

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Participation in leisure activities is an important arena for the positive psychological development of adolescents. The present study set out to examine the relationship between adolescents’ satisfaction of the psychological needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy in their participation in leisure activities and their perceived life satisfaction. The aim was to identify the extent to which satisfaction of the three needs explained the relationship between participation in leisure activities and life satisfaction. These proposed mechanisms were based on previous empirical work and the theoretical frameworks of self-determination theory, and were tested in a nationally representative sample of Norwegian adolescents (N = 3,273) aged 15 and 16 years (51.8 % boys). The structural equation analysis showed that competence and relatedness satisfaction fully mediated the association between participation in activities and life satisfaction. Autonomy satisfaction had a direct positive effect on life satisfaction but did not show any mediation effect. The positive processes of psychological need satisfaction, and especially the need for competence and relatedness, experienced in the leisure activity domain thus seem to be beneficial for adolescents’ well-being. These findings add to previous research investigating the positive impact of need satisfaction in other important domains in the lives of children and adolescents.

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Using Self-Determination Theory to Explain Sport Persistence and Dropout in Adolescent Athletes

Cited by 137 publications

References 29 publications

The Perceptions of the Best Portuguese Coaches about Dropout and Persistence in Women’s Artistic Gymnasts

The Perceptions of the Best Portuguese Coaches about Dropout and Persistence in Women’s Artistic Gymnasts

Health Promotion in Sport Coaching: Coaches and Young Male Athletes' Evaluations on the Health Promotion Activity of Coaches

Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction in Leisure Activities and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction

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