The Predication of Satisfaction, and Dropout Intention Among High School Basketball Players ─ An Application of Self-Determination Theory

• Main Authors: Chi-Yen Lin, 林季燕
• Other Authors: Likang Chi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01133006967532290630

碩士 === 國立體育學院 === 教練研究所 === 91 === The purpose of this study was to examine the prediction of high school basketball players’ satisfaction and dropout intention by using the framework of self-determination theory. Participants were 292 high school student athletes (males=171, females=121) recruited from 16 men’s and 12 women’s basketball teams. The average age of participants was 17.08 ± 0.96 years. After receiving the informed consent, participants were requested to complete inventories assess perception of motivational climate, perceptions of autonomy and competence, motivation in sport, perception of satisfaction, and dropout intention in sport. The results indicate that (1) perceptions of autonomy and competence were significantly predicted by both mastery and performance climate. However, mastery climate had greater explained variance than performance climate. (2) Self-determined motivation was significantly predicted by perceptions of autonomy and competence. Specifically, basketball players perceived higher autonomy and competence tended to report higher degree of self-determined motivation (i.e., intrinsic motivation). (3) Self-determined motivation positively predicted satisfaction and negatively predicted dropout intention. (4) The results of path analysis indicated that perceptions of autonomy and competence played as important mediators in terms of perceptions of motivational climate predicting self-determined motivation. In turn, self-determined motivation positively predicted satisfaction and negatively predicted dropout intention. In addition, perception of mastery climate had direct effects on satisfaction and self-determined motivation. On the other hand, perception of performance climate negatively predicted self-determined motivation directly. According to the results and discussion, the practical application and future research suggestions are provided