Abstract

MENDEZ-GIMENEZ, Antonio; FERNANDEZ-RIO, Javier  and  CECCHINI-ESTRADA, José-Antonio. Approach-Avoidance Motivational Profiles in Physical Education Contexts. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.2, pp.549-562. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy14-2.pmae.

The present study had three goals: a) to explore the influence of social and achievement goals (approach-avoidance), individually and together, on physical education studentseffort and enjoyment, b) to examine the studentsmotivational profiles from a holistic framework, and c) to study existing profiles differences in studentsself-informed effort and enjoyment. 479 secondary education students participated in the study (M = 14.36, SD = 1.58). Results showed that mastery-approach and friendship-avoidance goals were the only positive predictors of effort, while mastery-approach and friendship-approach goals were the only positive predictors of enjoyment. Three clusters emerged from the sample: (a) low social goals, (b) high social and achievement goals, and (c) high social goals and medium-low achievement goals. The last two clusters were more adaptive. Males showed higher enjoyment scores than females.

Keywords : clusters; social goals; achievement motivation.

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