Perfectionism and Achievement Goals in Adult Male Elite Athletes who Compete at the National Level and above

• Autorzy: Mehdi Zarghmi , Amin Ghamary , Sayed ShaykhShabani , Ahmad Varzaneh
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Different views on perfectionism, and different approaches about achievement goals, have led to studies on relationships between perfectionism and achievement goals. Stoeber et al. (2009) found relationship patterns from perfectionism and achievement goals in young Finnish ice-hockey players' under-16, in which it was found that perfectionistic strivings were associated with mastery-approach and performance-approach goals, and perfectionistic concerns with mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals. Thus, as Stoeber et al. (2009) noted, findings can be generalized to older age-groups, as researchers have pointed out that achievement goal orientations in athletes may change when athletes become older (Elliot & Conroy, 2005; Spray & Keegan, 2005). Thus, we examined the theoretical model by Stoeber et al. (2009), to investigate relationships between perfectionism and achievement goals in adult elite athletes. For this purpose, 134 adult elite athletes completed questionnaires of MIPS (Stoeber, Otto & Stoll, English version, 2006), sport - MPS - 2 (Gotwals & Dunn, 2009), and AGQ - S (Conroy et al., 2003). On the assumption of the final theoretical model as based on a few significant indices, perfectionistic strivings was associated with mastery-approach and performance-approach goals, while perfectionistic concerns was associated with mastery-avoidance and performance-avoidance goals. Contrary to expectations, there was no relationship between perfectionistic concerns and performance-approach goals. In fact, the present research results put in ambiguity the concept of perfectionism and the relationship between perfectionism and achievement goals, which were the main aims of our research. Moreover, a number of indices obtained structural equation modeling, which showed marginal to no significant effects. Thus, such equivocal results clearly imply that further research on context is needed. However, it appears that positive and negative aspects of perfectionism have complex relationships with each other

Słowa kluczowe

EN

perfectionism; achievement goals; perfectionistic strivings; perfectionistic concerns; mastery; performance; approach; avoidance

• Czasopismo: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: 26
• Strony: 147-154

Daty

wydano

2010-12-01

online

2011-01-17

Twórcy

autor

Mehdi Zarghmi

• Department of Physical Education and Sport Science Shahid Chamran, University of Ahvaz, Iran

autor

Amin Ghamary

• Sport Psychology

autor

Sayed ShaykhShabani

• Department of Physical Education and Sport Science Shahid Chamran, University of Ahvaz, Iran

autor

Ahmad Varzaneh

• Department of Physical Education and Sport Science Shahid Chamran, University of Ahvaz, Iran

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DOI

10.2478/v10078-010-0058-6