Citation

García-Calvo T, Leo FM, Gonzalez-Ponce I, Sánchez-Miguel PA, Mouratidis A, Ntoumanis N. J. Sports Sci. 2014; 32(18): 1738-1750.

Affiliation

a Faculty of Sport Sciences , University of Extremadura , Cáceres , Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/02640414.2014.918641

PMID

24911047

Abstract

In this longitudinal study, we examined the extent to which perceived coach- and peer-created motivational climates are associated with athlete-group cohesion and satisfaction with participation among Spanish soccer players competing in the Third National Division. Multilevel modelling analyses showed that perceived coach-created task climate was positively related to perceived cohesion and players' satisfaction with their participation within their team. Also, perceived peer-created task climate related positively to perceived cohesion. The results indicate the importance of considering peer-related aspects of the motivational climate in addition to considering the coach-related aspects of the motivational climate when examining motivational group dynamics in sport.

Language: en