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- Title
Intrinsic Motivation Predicting Performance Satisfaction in Athletes: Further Psychometric Evaluations of the Sport Motivation Scale-6.
- Authors
Blecharz, Jan; Horodyska, Karolina; Zarychta, Karolina; Adamiec, Aleksandra; Luszczynska, Aleksandra
- Abstract
The study investigated psychometric properties of the Sport Motivation Scale-6 (SMS-6), assessing intrinsic regulation, four extrinsic regulation constructs, and amotivation among athletes competing at a regional and national level. In particular, we tested the factorial structure of SMS-6, its short-term stability, and the associations of SMS-6 constructs with self-efficacy, self-esteem, motivational climate, and satisfaction with sport performance. Participants were 197 athletes (57.4% women), representing team (54.7%) and individual disciplines. The measurement was repeated at the three-week follow-up (n = 107). Results yielded support for the six first-order factor structure (three second-order factors). More autonomous forms of motivation were related to higher levels of self-efficacy, performance satisfaction, and taskoriented motivational climate in sport organizations. Sequential multiple mediation analysis showed that the association between general self-efficacy and performance satisfaction at a follow-up was mediated by introjected regulation and personal-barrier self-efficacy.
- Subjects
INTRINSIC motivation; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPORTS psychology; MEASUREMENT; FACTOR structure; SELF-efficacy; SELF-esteem
- Publication
Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2015, Vol 46, Issue 2, p309
- ISSN
0079-2993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/ppb-2015-0037