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- Title
Aspects regarding the motivation of fencers.
- Authors
Radu, Liliana-Elisabeta; Făgăraş, Simona-Pia
- Abstract
Background. Motivation is one of the most important variables in sports practice and a key-element that facilitates both performance and a positive experience. Aims. The main aim of this study is to determine the dominant type of motivation in fencing athletes (sabre fencing), as well as the type of motivation related with the subjects' gender and age. Methods. To assess the seven subscales of motivation, we used the Sport Motivation Scale Questionnaire (SMS-28). The study took place in Iasi, at the beginning of September 2014, during the National Junior Fencing Championships. The research sample comprised 69 fencers aged between 12 and 20 years. Depending on age and gender, the subjects were divided into two groups: 12-15 and 16-20 years. Results. Male athletes obtained lower scores in all three types of intrinsic motivation and higher scores in intrinsic motivation and amotivation, compared to female athletes. The second group, 16-20 years, obtained higher scores for intrinsic motivation (all three types), extrinsic motivation (introjected regulation subscale), and amotivation, compared to the first group. Conclusions. We found that female fencers are more intrinsically motivated compared to male fencers, and cadets and juniors are more intrinsically motivated than the 12-15 years-old group.
- Subjects
FENCERS; SPORTS psychology; INTRINSIC motivation; EXTRINSIC motivation; PRACTICE (Sports); FENCING; GENDER differences (Psychology); AGE differences; PSYCHOLOGY; SPORTS competitions
- Publication
Palestrica of the Third Millennium Civilization & Sport, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 4, p317
- ISSN
1582-1943
- Publication type
Article