Achievement Orientations and Sport Behavior of Males and Females

The purpose of the investigation was to determine if achievement orientations as defind by Maehr and Nicholls (i.e., ability, task, social approval) could discriminate persisters in sport from dropouts. A secondary purpose was to determine if males and females defined achievement similarly. Specifically, achievement was defined in terms of the antecedents and consequents of success and failure in both general achievement situations and in sport. It was hypothesized that males and females would define success and failure similarly in sport but would differ on their definitions in general achievement situations. With respect to the achievement orientations, it was hypothesized that, for both males and females, (1) all three achievment orientations would cause individuals to become involved in sport, and (2) dropouts would be more social approval oriented than athletes.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physical Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Ewing, Martha Elaine

• Education, Physical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8127588

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68693