a University of Minho.
Res Q Exerc Sport. 2019 Mar;90(1):80-94. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2018.1563278. Epub 2019 Feb 4.
This study tested two hypotheses relating young athletes' sports motivations to parental behaviors and cognitive appraisal: (1) young athletes' motivation in sports is related to their parents' behavior; and (2) this relationship is mediated by cognitive appraisal, even after controlling for competitive level and sports records.
This cross-sectional study included 673 young athletes and it measured the athletes' perceptions of parental behaviors, cognitive appraisal, and sports motivation.
Structural equation modeling confirmed Hypothesis 1-the mother's behaviors accounted for 15 to 16% of the variance in sports motivation, and the father's behaviors accounted for 12 to 21% of the variance. The correlation patterns differed according to whether the athletes were evaluating the mother's or father's behaviors. Hypothesis 2 also was confirmed, for cognitive appraisal partially mediated the relationship between the perception of parental behaviors and sports motivation (34% of the variance was accounted for by the perception of the mother's behavior; 30% by the father's). The mediating model did not vary with competitive level or sports records.
Parental behaviors and cognitive appraisal need to be taken into account to understand young athletes' sports motivations.
本研究通过检验两个与年轻运动员运动动机相关的假设，即父母行为和认知评价，来检验这两个假设：（1）年轻运动员的运动动机与其父母的行为有关；（2）即使在控制竞争水平和运动记录的情况下，这种关系也受到认知评价的影响。
本横断面研究包括 673 名年轻运动员，测量了运动员对父母行为、认知评价和运动动机的感知。
结构方程模型证实了假设 1——母亲的行为解释了运动动机的 15%至 16%，父亲的行为解释了运动动机的 12%至 21%。根据运动员对母亲或父亲行为的评价，相关模式有所不同。假设 2 也得到了证实，因为认知评价部分中介了父母行为与运动动机之间的关系（母亲行为的感知解释了 34%的方差，父亲行为解释了 30%的方差）。中介模型不受竞争水平或运动记录的影响。
需要考虑父母行为和认知评价，以了解年轻运动员的运动动机。
