Causes of success in handball through the beliefs about ability

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the prediction ability of the implicit beliefs about ability over the beliefs about the causes of success in sports. The sample was comprised of 444 high performance athletes (233 boys and 211 girls; M = 16,70; SD = 0,49). These athletes completed the Spanish version of the Beliefs about the Causes of Success in Sports Questionnaire and the Conceptions of the Nature of Athletic Ability Questionnaire-2. The results revealed that beliefs of incremental ability predict effort, while beliefs about ability as an entity predict ability and deception as causes of success in handball.