This study examines the effect of parental feedback on young athletes perceived motivation climate, goal orientation, and goal involvement. Additional psychological variables, such as anxiety, affect, performance, and enjoyment were measured. Young competitive male soccer players (n = 81) and their parents were randomly assigned to either ego-oriented or task-oriented parental feedback conditions. Players performed 6 soccer penalty kicks and completed measures of perceived motivation climate, goal orientation, goal involvement, anxiety, affect, performance, and enjoyment prior and after receiving feedback from their parents. Young athletes receiving ego-oriented feedback from their parents increased significantly in their perceived performance motivational climate in both specific (i.e., parental only) and general (i.e., including coach, parents, teammates, etc) levels. Furthermore, these athletes were significantly more ego-involved. Players in the task-oriental parental feedback condition increase significantly in their perception of mastery motivational climate in both levels as well as in their task-involvement. No pre-to-post between groups differences were revealed for anxiety, affect, performance, and enjoyment. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science. / Fall Semester, 2009. / October 9, 2009. / Parental Involvement, Young Athletes, Percieved Motivational Climate, Goal Involvement, Emotions, Performance / Includes bibliographical references. / Gershon Tenenbaum, Professor Co-Directing Thesis; Robert C. Eklund, Professor Co-Directing Thesis; Alysia D. Roehrig, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_182483 |
| Contributors | Gershgoren, Lael (authoraut), Tenenbaum, Gershon (professor co-directing thesis), Eklund, Robert C. (professor co-directing thesis), Roehrig, Alysia D. (committee member), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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