Abstract
This investigation examined the relationship between implicit ability beliefs and self-determined motivation. The sample was comprised of 775 young athletes between the ages of 12 and 17 competing at national level in Spain. The participants completed the Spanish version of the Conceptions of the Nature of Athletic Ability Questionnaire (CNAAQ-2) and the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS). The results revealed a positive and significant correlation between stable ability beliefs and learning ability, and between self-determined motivation and perceived sports ability. To the contrary, stable entity beliefs were negatively correlated with self-determined motivation. Competitiveness in sports was significantly predicted by self-determined motivation, and the latter, in its turn, was positively predicted by learning belief and negatively by stable entity beliefs.
Highlights
Resumo Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo analisar a relação entre as crenças implícitas de habilidade e a motivação autodeterminada
Correlational analysis presented a positive and significant relationship between self-determined motivation and incremental beliefs about improvement and learning and a significant negative correlation was present between stable entity beliefs and gift
In recent studies (Lawson, 2011; Moreno et al, 2010) this tendency has been corroborated in some areas such as education and there are some results in the area of competitive sports with results from different countries (e.g., Rodríguez & Caro, 2007), to date no study has analyzed the relationship between skill and motivation – competence in Spanish sports competitors
Summary
Resumo Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo analisar a relação entre as crenças implícitas de habilidade e a motivação autodeterminada. Motivational profile research (e.g., Wang & Biddle, 2001; Wang, Chatzisarantis, Spray, & Biddle, 2002) and cross-sectional studies (Jourden, Bandura, & Banfield, 1991; Li, Lee, & Solmon, 2005; Moreno, González-Cutre, Martín-Albo, & Cervelló, 2010) have found that incremental beliefs about ability are more strongly associated with greater self-determination and with more positive consequences (effort, satisfaction, intention to be physically active), while entity-related beliefs tend to be associated positively with more negative consequences (amotivation, anxiety and low participation in sports and physical activities) and negatively with intrinsic motivation Those who do physical activity with an entity based belief in their ability to maintain an appearance of competence and have fixed concepts are more likely to choose easy, low-effort tasks which they can achieve so they can be seen as able by those around them (Dweck & Bempechat, 1983)
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