The relationships between goal orientation, perfectionism, parental involvement, peer climate, enjoyment, and intention to continue in sport in children.

This investigation examined the relationships between parental involvement, peer-initiated climates, and perfectionism to goal orientation as well as children's enjoyment and the intention to continue playing sport in youth sport. Participants were 188 athletes, 100 boys (M = 12.06, SD = 1.06) and 88 girls (M = 12.18, SD = .73). The athletes completed the TEOSQ, Sport MPS, PIAS, and the PeerMCYSQ. Parental support and peer task environment was related to girls' and boy's task orientation. For boys, personal standards, parental pressure, and fewer concerns over mistakes, also were related to task orientation. Ego orientation was related to peer-initiated ego and task climates, for the boys. For the girls, higher personal standard was the only variable related to ego orientation. For enjoyment, task orientation was the strongest predictor for the girls and the only predictor for the boys for enjoyment. The fewer concerns girls had over mistakes the more enjoyment they reported. For girls and boys, intention to continue playing next season was predicted only by enjoyment. However, results were varied when intention to play next year was examined. For boys, no predictors were discovered whereas for girls, higher levels of enjoyment and task orientation, and lower levels of parental support and pressure related to intention.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Braddock, LaTisha Lynn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Petrie, Trent A.
• Cogan, Karen D.
• Greenleaf, Christy
• Hayslip, Bert

• youth sport
• perfectionism
• parental involvement
• peer climate
• intention
• enjoyment
• goal orientation
• Sports for children -- Psychological aspects.
• Sports for children -- Social aspects.
• Goal (Psychology)
• Achievement motivation in children.
• Perfectionism (Personality trait)
• Parent and child.

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• Public
• Copyright
• Braddock, LaTisha Lynn
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 228067758
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5199/
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