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Examining the Role of Goal Orientations, Motivational Climate, and Self-Esteem on Self-Handicapping Behavior in Division I Collegiate Athletes

Cermak, Joshua A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1530536354977531

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2018, Master of Education (MEd), Bowling Green State University, Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies /Kinesiology.
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was threefold. The main purpose was to investigate the effects of motivational factors on self-handicapping (SH) in collegiate athletes. Second, this study aimed to examine the relationship between self-esteem and SH. Lastly, this study sought to explore gender differences in SH in athletes. Method: Collegiate athletes (N = 43) from the softball and baseball teams at a Midwestern Division I university completed surveys at three different time points. During the first assessment, athletes completed a battery of questionnaires assessing their trait SH, perceptions of the motivational climate, dispositional goal orientations, self-esteem, and ratings of game importance. The second and third assessments were determined by the athletes’ game importance ratings. During assessments two and three, athletes were given the opportunity to claim impediments and coaches completed assessments of practice effort. Results: Initial multiple regression analyses revealed sport to be the only significant predictor for claimed SH. Thus, all subsequent analyses were conducted for softball and baseball separately. Mastery climate significantly predicted the number of claimed impediments (p < .05) and self-reported impact (p < .05) for the less important game for softball. Task-approach orientation significantly predicted self-reported impact (p < .05) for the more important game for softball. Self-esteem significantly predicted behavioral SH (p < .05) for the less important game for baseball. Conclusion: These findings suggest that gender differences may exist in SH strategies in collegiate athletes. Additionally, motivational factors appear to be important in predicting SH. Notably, task-approach orientation may be an avenue to explore for decreasing SH strategies used by athletes. Furthermore, the current study provides further evidence supporting the negative relationship between self-esteem and SH.
David Tobar, PhD (Advisor)
Adrian Turner, PhD (Committee Member)
Bonnie Berger, PhD (Committee Member)
145 p.
Kinesiology; Psychology
self-handicapping; sport; motivation; motivational climate; achievement goal theory; self-esteem

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  • Cermak, J. A. (2018). Examining the Role of Goal Orientations, Motivational Climate, and Self-Esteem on Self-Handicapping Behavior in Division I Collegiate Athletes [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1530536354977531

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cermak, Joshua. Examining the Role of Goal Orientations, Motivational Climate, and Self-Esteem on Self-Handicapping Behavior in Division I Collegiate Athletes. 2018. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1530536354977531.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cermak, Joshua. "Examining the Role of Goal Orientations, Motivational Climate, and Self-Esteem on Self-Handicapping Behavior in Division I Collegiate Athletes." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1530536354977531

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