The prediction of sport satisfaction based on coach's controlling behavior, athletes’ self-efficacy and motivation

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1 Associate Professor of motor Behavior, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 PhD Student of Motor behavior, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

There are many individual and interpersonal factors that can affect sports results. Therefore, the current research aimed to predict sports satisfaction based on the coach's controlling behavior, athletes’ self-efficacy, and motivation. The present research was a descriptive correlational study of university athletes, from which 15 teams were selected by cluster sampling. 184 athletes in the age range of 18 to 25 years participated in the research. Questionnaires on sports satisfaction, coach's controlling behavior, sports self-efficacy, and behavioral regulations in sports were used. The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression in SPSS23 software and LISREL 8.8. The results showed that the athletes’ self-efficacy and coaches’ controlling behavior had a positive and significant relationship with intrinsic motivation. Athletes’ satisfaction had a negative and significant relationship with amotivation and a positive and significant relationship with the external motivation and internal motivation. Finally, sports satisfaction showed a positive and significant relationship with the coach's controlling behavior. The results of the regression analysis also showed that the assumed relationship model is significant, and all variables can predict sports satisfaction. The results of the beta coefficient showed that amotivation negatively and other variables, including internal motivation, self-efficacy, external motivation, and the coach's controlling behavior, can positively predict athletes’ satisfaction. It was identified that intrinsic motivation is the most important and strongest factor in influencing athletes’ satisfaction. The results were discussed using theories related to self-efficacy, autonomous motivation, and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

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  • Receive Date: 11 June 2024
  • Revise Date: 01 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 09 September 2024

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