Kinesiology, Vol. 40 No. 2., 2008.
Original scientific paper
Goal orientation and perceived motivational climate in Hungarian athletes with physical and visual disabilities and in able-bodied athletes
László Dorogi
; Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Attila Szabo
; National Institute for Sport Talent Care and Sports Services, Budapest, Hungary
József Bognár
; Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Abstract
Achievement orientation and perception of motivational climate were studied in 59 athletes with physical disabilities (46 men and 13 women) and 58 able-bodied university athletes (23 men and 35 women). The study was based on the Achievement Goal Theory (Nicholls, 1984). Participants completed two questionnaires on the basis of which four dependent measures were recorded: task orientation and ego orientation, and mastery-oriented and performance-oriented climates. Results showed that women, regardless of the group, perceived a more performance-oriented climate in their sports than men and that athletes with disabilities reported a more mastery-oriented climate than able-bodied athletes. These results show that athletes with disabilities in Hungary exhibit as adaptive, if not more adaptive, motivational orientations than able-bodied athletes.
Keywords
achievement; athletes with disabilities; goal orientation; motivation; achievement goal theory
Hrčak ID:
30816
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2008.
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