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Intentions to drop-out of youth soccer: A test of the basic needs theory among European youth from five countries
Carme ViladrichA. Van HoyeEllen HaugEleanor QuestedHoward HallJ. MercéNikos ZourbanosYngvar OmmundsenJoan L. DudaNikos Ntoumanissubject
Social Psychologybusiness.industry4. Educationmedia_common.quotation_subject[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]05 social sciencesInternational comparisons050109 social psychology030229 sport sciencesCoachingFundamental human needs03 medical and health sciencesGrassroots0302 clinical medicineDeci-0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBasic needsPsychologybusinessCompetence (human resources)Social psychologyApplied PsychologyAutonomyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedia_commondescription
Research arising from self-determination theory (SDT; Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The “what” and “why” of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11(4), 227–268) indicates that the quality of the social interactions between athletes and coaches, and athletes' ensuing psychological responses, are critical determinants of intentions to drop out of youth sport. Little is known regarding whether these processes hold across countries. Grounded in SDT, this study tested the invariance of a model predicting youth sport dropout across five European countries. Seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine grassroots players (6641 males, 1020 females (M age = 11.56, SD = 1.40) from youth soccer teams in five countries (England, France, Greece, Norway, and Spain) completed a questionnaire tapping perceptions of coach-provided autonomy support, basic psychological need satisfaction (i.e. autonomy, competence and relatedness), soccer enjoyment, and intentions to d...
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| 2013-10-18 |