The current study aimed to determine the relationship between perceived coaching behaviours, motivation, self-efficacy and general self-efficacy of wrestlers who competed in the Super National Wrestling League. The sample consisted of 289 wrestlers. The Self-Efficacy Scale was used to measure self-efficacy perception, the Sports Motivation Scale to measure the motivation of the athletes, the Le...

Grounded in achievement goal theory and self-determination theory, this cross-sectional study examined the relationship between perceived motivational climate and individuals' motivation as well as the mediation effect of psychobiosocial states as conceptualised within the individual zones of optimal functioning (IZOF) model. Young students (N = 167, age range 14-15 years) taking part in physic...

The purpose of this study was twofold. Firstly to examine the relations between the different constructs that defines Nicholls' Achievement Goal Theory and Deci and Ryan's self-determination theory. Secondly to analyse the differences that exist between them with respect to the socio-demographic variables gender and age. A sample of 292 federated basketball players from the Region of Murcia (Sp...

Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, structural equation modeling (SEM) with the aim of examining how parental support/pressure could influence their children´s motivational processes in sport was conducted, as well as the models´ differences in operability regarding gender. The sample size was 321 children ranging in age from 10 to 16 years old who were athletes from Extremadura, and 321 par...

• Using self-determination theory, we adapted BR-ACS to a Swedish context. BR-ACS(SWE) is valid and reliable measure of children’s motivation toward ACS. could be used in future research among children who travel school. Although growing attention has been paid explaining active school young people at the international level, no measures for commuting (ACS) were found Sweden. Guided by this aim...

School motivation is key to promoting optimal educational pathways. Some studies suggest that parental monitoring behaviors foster school among adolescents; however, they did not examine the potential role of adolescents’ in shaping behaviors. This longitudinal study aimed bidirectional associations between three types (autonomous, controlled, and amotivation) two perceived (solicitation contro...

Procrastination is one of the significant phenomenon that reduces success educational activities at all stages learning. Online learning fosters procrastination due to fact teacher’s control situation decreases and there more freedom in planning academic load by student himself. The aim work was study psychological characteristics students prone procrastination. sample consisted 228 UrFU who on...