| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立體育學院 === 體育研究所 === 93 === The purposes of the study were: (1) to examine the relationship between athlete perfectionism and achievement goal orientation; (2) to probe the potential athletic trait clusters emerged from athlete perfectionism, achievement goal orientation, and self-esteem; (3) to examine the differences of athletic trait clusters on demographic variables. This study sampled 382 intercollegiate athletes (209 males, 173 females, mean age = 20.14±2.18 years) and administered with Athlete Perfectionism Scale (Hsia, 2004), Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (Chi, 1992), and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (Tsai, 1965). The data were analyzed by Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Canonical Correlation, Cluster Analysis, and Chi Square Test. The results indicated that (1) athletes’ task orientation of achievement goal positively correlated with personal standards and concern over mistakes, while ego orientation positively correlated with personal standards, parental pressure, concern over mistakes, and coaches’ pressure. (2) athletes’ low task and low ego orientation correlated with low personal standards and concern over mistakes, while athletes with low task and high ego orientation would perceive more parental pressure and coaches’ pressure. (3) four athletic trait clusters were found in intercollegiate athletes, namely: “social-expected”; “self-accomplished”; “indifference”; and “concern-over-mistakes”. There was no gender difference on athletic trait cluster, however, the difference between the two competitive levels was significant.
According to Parker (1997), a “synthesis view” was involved in this study to investigate the construct of perfectionism. The results were consistent with previous studies on goal perspective theory. Finally, it was suggested that future study may add different variables to examine the comprehensive athletic trait of the athletes. Besides, qualitative approach was recommended to explore the antecedences of athlete perfectionism.
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