Monitoring the Climate: Exploring the Psychological Environment in an Elite Soccer Academy

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Author
Kingston, Kieran
Wixey, Daniel
Morgan, Kevin
Date
2018-06-11Acceptance date
2018-05-23
Type
Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
ISSN
1041-3200
1533-1571 (online)
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Fostering a constructive motivational climate is an important contributor to an individual’s motivation (Ames, 1992a), yet research within elite sport remains limited. The purpose of this study was to utilise the task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation, and time (TARGET) framework to explore the motivational climate in an elite youth football academy. Sixty-four academy training sessions were observed. Findings suggested that the task, authority, recognition, and evaluation structures are most important in predicting a mastery motivational climate. Task organisation parameters and coach behaviours influential in promoting adaptive and less adaptive psychological environments are discussed.
Journal/conference proceeding
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology;
Citation
Kingston, K., Wixey, D.J. and Morgan, K. (2018) Monitoring the Climate: Exploring the Psychological Environment in an Elite Soccer Academy. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, (just-accepted), pp.1-34. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2018.1481466
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Article published ahead of print in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology available at https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2018.1481466
Sponsorship
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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- Sport Research Groups [1096]