The Role of Motivational Orientation, Physical Self-Esteem and Relational Schemas in the Physical Self-Concept
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2008
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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We examined the role of relational schemas, motivational orientation and self-esteem on the response to failure and self-defining memories in an athletic population. 67 college undergraduates were randomly divided into one of two conditions: failure alone or failure with a coach present. All participants were given the Physical Self Perception Profile to measure physical self esteem, the Exercise Self-Regulation Questionnaire to measure motivational orientation for physical activities. Participants were then asked to provide a response to an athletic failure and a self defining athletic memory. Failure responses and memories were then coded. Main effects of motivation emerged for the expression of guilt/shame/anxiety in the failure responses. Level of perseverance also displayed a marginal interaction effect. The most significance emerged from the correlations of motivation with the memory variables, especially intrinsic motivations. This supports the benefits of intrinsic motivations.