Student motivation theory

Angela Bovenko,D Rudoy,A Olshevskaya,N Ugrekhelidze

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202127312041

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Abstract

The article examines the relevant native and foreign theories of sports activity (SA) motivation. The results of scientific research in this area are analyzed, recommendations for identifying the type and increasing the level of motivation of athletes are presented. Theoretical analysis and generalization of literary data allowed to single out individual demonstrations in the formation of sports motivation, the importance of the influence of self-esteem, the influence of temperament, the influence of the level of anxiety in athletes on the formation of motivation was established. The conditions for the formation of sports motivation have been determined. For high results in sports, the motivation of the athlete at all stages of training has a significant impact. The focus on interpersonal comparison and victory develops competitive motivation, competitiveness. The development of internal and external motivation ensures the formation of goals and objectives of sports activities, favorable stable motives, and leads to the improvement of sports skills. Based on the current literary discussion, we have identified the motives that presumably provide long-term motivation for engaging in sports and the motives that are likely to be perceived as reducing it.

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For a panoramic review of motivational theories of sports activity (SA) it is necessary to consider the theoretical positions of native and foreign researchers
Sports activity is characterized by such psychological characteristics as an orientation to the maximum level of achievements and hard physical, mental and emotional stress associated with the subjective importance of the activity results, struggle and rivalry, publicity of performances in competitions
Murray (1930) created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and is the initiator of research on achievement motivation, which in the early 50s of 20th century McClelland and his co-authors transformed it into a tool for measuring motives

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For a panoramic review of motivational theories of SA it is necessary to consider the theoretical positions of native and foreign researchers. The high importance of the formation of sports motivation is determined by the achieving top sports results, determines the activity of the individual which is based on motivation. Motivation reflects the relevance of the subject with the activity performed. The process of subjective goal-setting and the motivational sphere of an athlete are closely related to each other, and the decisive role is assigned to self-affirmation. Sports activity is characterized by such psychological characteristics as an orientation to the maximum level of achievements and hard physical, mental and emotional stress associated with the subjective importance of the activity results, struggle and rivalry, publicity of performances in competitions. Long-term and effective engagement in sports depends on the motivational sphere of the individual [1]. The concepts analysis on the problem of the formation of sports motivation indicates that while studying the motivation of SA in order to further its formation and preservation in athletes at different stages of training, the coach and psychologists subject of analysis should be such components of the motivational sphere of an athlete as his motives, goals, needs, emotions

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