‘I was excited to train, so I didn’t have problems with the coach’ : dual career athletes’ experiences of (dis)empowering motivational climates
Publiceringsår
2020
Upphovspersoner
Saarinen, Milla; Ryba, Tatiana V.; Ronkainen, Noora J.; Rintala, Harri; Aunola, Kaisa
Abstrakt
In addition to investing in athletic development, adolescent elite athletes are expected to complete their secondary education. As a result of this expectation and the demands of sport and education, they may struggle to sustain high levels of motivation for both domains. Grounded in theoretical tenets of empowering coaching, this study sought to explore student–athletes’ perceptions of empowering and disempowering motivational climates and their possible implications for athletes’ dual career experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 Finnish student–athletes, and the data were thematically analysed. The analysis indicated that a majority of the athletes had experiences of disempowering coaching climates due to coaches’ exclusive emphasis on athletic performance. It is concluded that the perception that obtaining an education is less important than sport may potentially decrease athletes’ motivation to pursue an academic track and thus challenge their exploration of future vocations outside the sporting context.
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Artikel
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Förläggare
Volym
23
Nummer
4
Sidor
629-644
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Publikationsforum
Publikationsforumsnivå
1
Öppen tillgång
Öppen tillgänglighet i förläggarens tjänst
Nej
Parallellsparad
Ja
Övriga uppgifter
Vetenskapsområden
Gymnastik- och idrottsvetenskap; Psykologi
Nyckelord
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Publiceringsland
Förenade kungariket
Förlagets internationalitet
Internationell
Språk
engelska
Internationell sampublikation
Nej
Sampublikation med ett företag
Nej
DOI
10.1080/17430437.2019.1669322
Publikationen ingår i undervisnings- och kulturministeriets datainsamling
Ja