The Social Construct of the Athletic Self-Concept: What role do authority figures play on the motivation, and self-esteem of athletes?
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2008
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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The current study looked at the interaction between motivation, self-esteem, and relational-schemas for athletes. There were two parts to the study, an experimental and a correlational. In the experimental component subjects (N=67) were put into one of two groups. The experimental group failed the scenario in the presence of an authority figure, while the control group failed the scenario by themselves. Subjects were asked to write down how they would expect themselves to feel and behave after the failure. What was expected was extrinsically motivated subjects would react with stronger emotion and would report more perseverance in the coach-present condition than in the coach-absent condition. The hypotheses were supported for perseverance but not for emotion. The correlational component asked subjects to recall an athletic memory. It was hypothesized that memories would correlate with motivation, measured by the exercise self-regulation questionnaire, and self-esteem level measured by the physical self-perception profile. The hypotheses were not supported for this as well.