RT Journal Article T1 Motivational Climate in Youth Football Players A1 Castro Sánchez, Manuel A1 Zurita Ortega, Félix A1 Ubago Jiménez, José Luis A1 Ramírez Granizo, Irwin A. A1 Chacón Cuberos, Ramón AB (1) Background: In recent decades, the psychology of sport has gained special relevance inthis field, due to the influence of psychological variables on sports performance and the regularityof sports practice. The aim of this research is to analyse the motivational climate of footballers.(2) Methods: This study uses a descriptive cross-sectional design on a sample of 156 adolescentfootball players, using an ad-hoc questionnaire for the recording of socio-demographic variables andthe PMCSQ-2 questionnaire on motivational climate in sport. (3) Results: The results of the presentinvestigation indicate that footballers are more oriented towards task than ego, sportsmen whocompete in Honor Division being the those who are more oriented towards ego and those of NationalDivision being more oriented towards task. (4) Conclusions: The main conclusion of this research isthose who are the motivational climate is related to the division in which the players compete. PB MDPI SN 2076-328X YR 2018 FD 2018-09 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18176 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18176 LA eng NO Castro Sánchez, M., Zurita Ortega, F., Ubago Jiménez, J., Ramírez Granizo, I., Chacón Cuberos, R. (2018). Motivational Climate in Youth Football Players. Behavioral Sciences, 8(9), 83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8090083 DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 30 may 2026