RT Journal Article
T1 Predicting Perceived Sport Performance via Self-Determination Theory
A1 Lourenço, João
A1 Almagro Torres, Bartolomé Jesús
A1 Carmona Márquez, José
A1 Sáenz-López Buñuel, Pedro
AB Sport performance depends in part on psychological factors. Self-determination theory emphasizes that the satisfisfaction of basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation may be linked to positive behavioral results and positive perceptions of performance. Our main objective in this study was to analyze the predictive power of such variables as perceived autonomy support, the satisfaction of psychological needs, and autonomous motivation on perceived sport performance. We recruited 447 young Portuguese athletes/participants (340 males, 107 females; Mage = 15.72 years, SD = 1.8). We had participants complete Portuguese sport versions of the Perceived Au- tonomy Support Exercise Climate Questionnaire, the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale, the Behavior Regulation Sport Questionnaire and the Perceived Performance in Sport Questionnaire. A gender invariant structural equation model showed that the coach’s autonomy support significantly predicted the satisfaction of psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The satisfaction of these three psychological needs predicted autonomous motivation. Satisfying the need for competence positively predicted perceived sport performance, but autonomous motivation was not significantly related to perceived performance.
PB SAGE Publications
SN 0031-5125
SN 1558-688X (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24742
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24742
LA eng
NO Lourenço J, Almagro BJ, Carmona-Márquez J, Sáenz-López P. Predicting Perceived Sport Performance via Self-Determination Theory. Percept Mot Skills. 2022 Oct;129(5):1563-1580. doi: 10.1177/00315125221119121.
NO The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Research Group: Educación, Motricidad e Investigación onubense (HUM643) and by the Centro de Investigación en Pensamiento Contemporáneo e Innovación para el Desarrollo Social (COIDESO), of the Universidad de Huelva (Spain).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026