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Does motivation differ depending on young athletes opinions on specialization?: A quantitative study about youth team sports
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Physiology, Nutrition and Biomechanics.
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Physiology, Nutrition and Biomechanics.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Aim 

The purpose of the study is to investigate whether motivation differ depending on young athletes opinions on specialization. 

Problem statement:- Does motivation type differ depending on young athletes opinions on specialization? 

Method 

We have chosen to use a quantitative working method. In the collection of data, we used a questionnaire, which is divided into two parts, where in one part we took inspiration from a previously established survey but we adapted it for our population and research aim. In the second part, we have used the Swedish version of The Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire (BRSQ). Thirty handball and ice hockey students from nationally approved sports educations (NIU) participated in the study (handball players = 15; ice hockey players = 15; 73% male) to examine how motivation differs depending on their opinions of specialization. We investigated whether there were any differences regarding motivation for those who had different opinions about specialization. 

Results 

The result of our study shows that there are no significant differences in autonomous and controlled motivation between the two groups who had different opinions about specialization. But in our data analysis, we saw that there is a significant difference between the groups regarding amotivation, where the less positive group showed a higher degree of amotivation. 

Conclusion 

Our conclusion that we draw from our study is that opinions about specialization from young athletes who attend sports training at NIU high schools in Sweden do not impact on their motivation in sports in terms of the autonomous and controlled motivation types. On the other hand, we found a significant difference between the groups in terms of amotivation. 

Abstract [sv]

Syfte

Syftet med studien är att undersöka om unga idrottares motivation skiljer sig åt beroende på åsikter om specialisering.

Frågeställning:

- Skiljer sig motivationstyper beroende på unga idrottares åsikter om specialisering?

Metod

Vi har valt att använda en kvantitativ ansatts. I datainsamlingen använde vi en enkät som är uppdelad i två delar, där vi i ena delen hämtade inspiration från en tidigare etablerad enkät men vi anpassade den för vår population och forskningssyfte. I den andra delen har vi använt den svenska versionen av The Behavioural Regulation in Sport Questionnaire (BRSQ). Trettio handbolls- och ishockeyelever från nationellt godkända idrottsutbildningar (NIU)deltog i studien (handbollsspelare = 15; ishockeyspelare = 15; 73 % män) för att undersökahur motivationen skiljer sig beroende på deras åsikter om specialisering. Vi undersökte om det fanns några skillnader vad gäller motivation för dem som hade olika åsikter om specialisering.

Resultat

Resultatet av vår studie visar att det inte finns några signifikanta skillnader i autonom och kontrollerad motivation mellan de två grupper som hade olika åsikter om specialisering. Men i vår dataanalys såg vi att det finns en signifikant skillnad mellan grupperna vad gäller amotivation, där den mindre positiva gruppen visade en högre grad av amotivation.

Slutsats

Slutsatsen från vår studie är att åsikter om specialisering från unga idrottare som gåridrottsinriktning vid NIU-gymnasier i Sverige inte påverkar deras motivation inom idrotten när det gäller de autonoma och kontrollerade motivationstyperna. Däremot fann vi en signifikant skillnad mellan grupperna när det gäller amotivation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
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Examensarbete ; 2022:80
Keywords [en]
Motivation, Specialization, Youth athletes, tränarlänkdiverse
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7528OAI: oai:DiVA.org:gih-7528DiVA, id: diva2:1742356
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Physical Education Teaching; Physical Education Teaching
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Available from: 2023-03-09 Created: 2023-03-09 Last updated: 2023-03-09Bibliographically approved

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