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- Title
Achievement Goal Orientations in Competition Dog Obedience Participants.
- Authors
Riemer, Brenda A.; Thomas, Jeanne L.
- Abstract
A major area of research in sport psychology is what motivates participation in physical activity and sport; much of this work examines goal orientations. The present study was designed to determine the extent to which dog obedience competitors express task orientation and ego orientation, and whether the levels of these orientations differed for more and less experienced competitors. The participants were predominantly task oriented, and levels of goal orientation did not vary according to participants' levels of experience with the sport. Future research may focus on presenting specific competition obedience situations, interviewing participants to gain an in-depth understanding on their reasons for competing, and expanding the number of dog sports included in the research
- Subjects
SPORTS psychology; PHYSICAL fitness; GOAL (Psychology); OBEDIENCE trials for dogs; SPORTS sciences
- Publication
Journal of Sport Behavior, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 3, p272
- ISSN
0162-7341
- Publication type
Article