Predictors of perfectionistic tendencies in sport among undergraduate kinesiology students

Abstract

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the athletic identity, identity foreclosure, perceived task value in sport, and perfectionism of kinesiology students with high school and college sport experience. Participants completed an online survey that included items regarding demographic information, athletic identity ego identity, perceived task value in sport, and sport perfectionism. Pearson moment correlations indicated that higher athletic identity was associated with higher subjective task value, identity foreclosure, perfectionistic strivings, and perfectionistic concerns. Multiple regression analyses revealed that athletic identity and subjective task value were significant predictors of perfectionistic strivings and that athletic identity and identity foreclosure were significant predictors of perfectionistic concerns. Future research should replicate the study with participants from different ethnicities and geographical regions using longitudinal and qualitative methods to examine the development of subjective task value in sport.