Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Michael Mondello, Florida State University, College of Education, Dept. of Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 9, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 130 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

El objetivo del estudio es relacionar motivación y compromiso deportivo entre adolescentes que practican fútbol en una academia formativa de Lima-Perú. Se aplicaron dos pruebas: la Escala de Motivación Deportiva (EMD) y el Cuestionario de Compromiso Deportivo-2 (CCD-2), a un grupo de 105 participantes varones, cuya edad se encuentra entre 11 y 17 años. La motivación intrínseca evidenció correlaciones positivas y significativas con el compromiso entusiasta; disfrute deportivo; oportunidades valiosas; pérdida de inversiones personales; cantidad de inversiones personales; soporte socioemocional; soporte social instrumental; deseo de sobresalir – logro de dominio; y deseo de sobresalir – logro social. Por otro lado, la motivación extrínseca mostró correlaciones positivas y significativas con el compromiso restringido; cantidad de inversiones personales; restricciones sociales; soporte socioemocional; y soporte social instrumental. Es de notar que la cantidad de inversiones personales; soporte socioemocional y soporte social instrumental correlacionan con los dos tipos de motivación, por lo que se denominan dimensiones mixtas y complejas. Igualmente, los participantes de menor edad (11 a 13 años), obtuvieron puntuaciones más altas en soporte socioemocional y soporte socioinstrumental, lo que significa que este grupo percibe mayor apoyo, cuidado y empatía de personas significativas, como padres, entrenadores y compañeros, así como mayor provisión de información valiosa de su deporte por parte de dichas personas. / The objective of this research is to relate motivation and sports commitment among adolescents who play soccer at a Formative Academy in Lima-Peru. Two tests were applied: Sports Motivation Scale (SMS) and Sports Commitment Questionnaire-2 (SCQ-2) to a group of 105 male participants, whose age is between 11 and 17 years. Intrinsic motivation showed positive and significant correlations with enthusiastic commitment; sports enjoyment; valuable opportunities; personal investments - loss; personal investments - quantity; social-emotional support; social-instrumental support; desire to excel – mastery achievement; and desire to excel - social achievement. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation showed positive and significant correlations with constrained commitment; personal investments - quantity; social constraints; social-emotional support; and social-instrumental support. It is noteworthy that the personal investments - quantity; social-emotional support and social-instrumental support correlate with both motivations, resulting in mixed and complex dimensions. Finally, the younger participants (11 to 13 years old), obtained higher scores in social-emotional support and social-instrumental support, which means that this group perceives greater support, care and empathy from significant people, such as parents, coaches and colleagues, as well as greater provision of valuable information about their sport by this people. / Tesis

Syftet med studien är att undersöka ifall det finns något samband mellan emotionell koppling till de sociala medieplattformarna Facebook, Instagram och TikTok och upplevdidrottsmotivation hos svenska styrkelyftare och bänkpressare. Samt ifall det finns några skillnader mellan könskategorier och tävlingsnivåer. Totalt deltog 93 personer (15-59 år) i studien varav 59 tävlande i kategori kvinna och 34 i kategori man. 32 deltagare tävlade på distriktsnivå, 38 på nationell nivå och 23 på internationell nivå. Data samlades in med hjälp av en webbenkät som i huvudsak baserades på de två befintliga frågeformulären Sport motivation scale-II (SMS-II) och The Multidimensional Facebook Intensity Scale (MFIS). Pearsons korrelationsanalys visade endast ett signifikant samband för TikTok ( p < .01) där en positiv korrelation fanns. Även bivariata regressionsanalyser visade endast ett signifikant resultat för TikTok (p < .01 & p < .001) som visade att en starkare koppling till plattformen kunde förutsäga en högre nivå av upplevd idrottsmotivation. Kovariansanalyser (ANCOVA) visade inga skillnader i emotionell koppling till plattformarna eller i upplevd idrottsmotivation mellan könskategorierna och tävlingsnivåerna. I denna studie upptäcktes positiva samband mellan emotionell koppling till sociala medier och upplevd idrottsmotivation och tidigare forskning har visat på både positiva och negativa effekter av sociala medier på idrottares motivation.Detta är något som kan vara relevant för idrottare, tränare och andra aktörer i idrottares närhet att vara medvetna om. / The aim of the study is to examine if there is a relation between the emotional connectednessto the social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Tikok and the degree of perceived sports motivation in Swedish powerlifters and bench-press competitors. And if there are differences between gender categories and competition levels. In total the study had 93 participants (age 15-59) 59 competed in the women’s category and 34 in the men’s category. 32 participants competed at the regional level, 38 at the national level and 23 at the international level. Data was collected via an online questionnaire which was mainly based on the Sport motivation scale-II (SMS-II) and The Multidimensional Facebook Intensity Scale (MFIS). Pearson’s correlation test did only show a significant relation for TikTok ( p < .01) which showed a positive correlation. The same was the case for the bivariate regression analysis where also only a significant result for TikTok was found (p < .01 & p < .001) which showed that a strong emotional connectedness to TikTok could predict a high level of perceived sportsmotivation. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) showed no differences in emotional connectedness to the social media platforms or in perceived sports motivation between the gender categories and competition levels. This study showed a positive relation between emotional connectedness to social media and perceived sports motivation and previous research has shown both positive and negative effects of social media on sports motivation. This can be of relevance for the athletes themselves but also for coaches and other actors close to the athletes to be aware of.