Motivational characteristics of Brazilian athletes

Authors

  • Danilo Reis Coimbra Faculdade de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
  • Simone Salvador Gomes Faculdade de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
  • Helder Zimmermann de Oliveira
  • Rafael Andrade Rezende Faculdade de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
  • Débora Castro Faculdade de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
  • Renato Miranda Faculdade de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
  • Mauricio Gattás Bara Filho Faculdade de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.1179

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine differences and similarities in the motivational characteristics of Brazilian athletes based on Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985). It was analyzed differences between gender (male and female) and type of sport (individual and collective). The sample consisted of 344 athletes, mean age 24.3 ± 6.0. The most subjects were males (64.5%), engaged in team sports (59.9%) and competing at national and international level (64.1%). It was applied the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS), validated in Portuguese (Br-SMS) to measure levels of motivation. There were significant differences in the dimensions Extrinsic Motivation to Introjection, Extrinsic Motivation to External Regulation and Amotivation, according to gender. It was also found significant differences in the dimensions Intrinsic Motivation to Toward Accomplish and Extrinsic Motivation the Introjection according to the sport. The results suggest that Brazilian athletes have unique motivational characteristics when compared with athletes from other countries.

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Published

2013-12-01

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2013)

Section

Original Article

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