Motivation in Sport: The Relevance of Competence and Achievement Goals

  • Duda J
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(from the chapter) In this chapter, the theoretical emphasis is on contemporary achievement goal frameworks, which have dominated research on achievement motivation in sport since the early 1990s. With the breadth of this field of inquiry in mind, one aim of this contribution, then, is to provide a synopsis of some of the major questions that sport achievement goal researchers have posed and the manner in which they have attempted to answer such questions. Another purpose of this chapter is to encapsulate the prevailing pattern of findings related to these queries. An additional aspiration is to draw attention to the theoretical advancements, and the conceptual and practical issues raised in the existent work on achievement goals in sport. I begin with a short description of the major constructs embedded in the sport achievement goal literature, namely, the concepts of goal orientations, motivational climate, and goal involvement. In each case, I highlight prevailing measurement efforts. The major theoretical tenets, emanating from what are now referred to as dual goal, or dichotomous achievement goal, frameworks, are summarized, and major research trends are described. Recent incorporations of trichotomous and 2x2 goal models in sport research and emergent findings are subsequently reviewed in brief. Such work considers that achievement goals can be both approach- and avoidance-oriented. Throughout the chapter, in the spirit of fostering further work on competence and achievement goals in the sport domain, I propose unresolved issues and potential areas for future inquiry for the reader's consideration. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) (chapter)

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Duda, J. L. (2005). Motivation in Sport: The Relevance of Competence and Achievement Goals. Handbook of Competence and Motivation., (2014), 318–335. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2005-08058-018&lang=ja&site=ehost-live

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