The Relationships Between Athletes' Perceptions of Coach-Created Motivational Climate, Self-Talk, and Self-Efficacy in Youth Soccer. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zourbanos, Nikos; Haznadar, Adisa; Papaioannou, Athanasios; Tzioumakis, Yannis; Krommidas, Charalambos; Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied sport psychology. Volume 28:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 97
• Page End: 112
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 796.019
• DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2015.1074630
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1041-3200

Abstract

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the mediating role of self-talk in the relationship between athletes' perceptions of coach-created motivational climate and athletes' self-efficacy. Two hundred eighty-nine youth soccer players ( M = 11.63 years, SD = 1.55 years) completed the Automatic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Sport, the Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire, and a self-efficacy measure for soccer. The results showed that only positive and not negative self-talk mediated the relationship between empowering motivational climate and self-efficacy, whereas no relationship emerged between disempowering climate and self-efficacy, highlighting the role of self-talk explaining this relationship.