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dc.contributor.authorKeegan, Richard Jen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHarwood, Chrisen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSpray, Christopher Men_UK
dc.contributor.authorLavallee, Daviden_UK
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-17T04:58:04Z-
dc.date.available2016-12-17T04:58:04Z-
dc.date.issued2014-01en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/22302-
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This study examined the construction of the motivational climate surrounding elite sports performers by investigating the behaviours of coaches, peers and parents that were perceived to be motivationally relevant by elite athletes.  Design: Qualitative – inductive.  Method: Twenty-eight national, international and world-class athletes (15–29 years old) took part in semi-structured focus groups and interviews investigating how they believe coaches, parents, and peers influence their motivation.  Results: An inductive content analysis indicated that elite athletes perceived a multitude of motivationally-relevant social cues. Coaches and peers were reported to be focal influences, whilst the role of parents appeared to be limited to emotional and moral support. Themes of feedback/evaluation, and pre-performance motivating behaviours were common to all social agents, whereas only the coach–athlete and peer–athlete relationships appeared to be important in moderating and directly influencing motivation towards sport. The influences of social agents related to the specific roles they performed in the athlete's life: instruction and leadership for coaches; emotional support, collaborative and/or competitive behaviours for peers, and for parents, a diminished role relative to when the athletes were younger.  Conclusions: A central finding of the paper is that there was no discernible one-to-one correspondence between specific behaviours and their impact on motivation. Instead, the findings suggest complex contextual interactions between the immediate behaviours of social agents and the impact on the athlete's motivation. If supported, this finding would necessitate new and novel approaches in future research in order to facilitate a more advanced understanding of athlete motivation in elite sport.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationKeegan RJ, Harwood C, Spray CM & Lavallee D (2014) A qualitative investigation of the motivational atmosphere in elite sport.. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15 (1), pp. 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.10.006en_UK
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectMotivational atmosphereen_UK
dc.subjectSocial influencesen_UK
dc.subjectElite athletesen_UK
dc.subjectCoachesen_UK
dc.subjectParentsen_UK
dc.subjectPeersen_UK
dc.titleA qualitative investigation of the motivational atmosphere in elite sport.en_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.10.006en_UK
dc.citation.jtitlePsychology of Sport and Exerciseen_UK
dc.citation.issn1469-0292en_UK
dc.citation.volume15en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.spage97en_UK
dc.citation.epage107en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailrepository.librarian@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date26/10/2013en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLincoln Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLoughborough Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLoughborough Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSporten_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000329478900012en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84887507759en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid589171en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-3829-293Xen_UK
dc.date.accepted2013-10-12en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-10-12en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2015-10-05en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorKeegan, Richard J|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHarwood, Chris|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSpray, Christopher M|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLavallee, David|0000-0002-3829-293Xen_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2015-10-05en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/|2015-10-05|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameKeegan 2014.pdfen_UK
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