TY - JOUR
T1 - The Model of Motivational Dynamics in sport
T2 - Resistance to peer influence, behavioral engagement and disaffection, dispositional coping, and resilience
AU - Nicholls, Adam R.
AU - Morley, David
AU - Perry, John L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Nicholls, Morley and Perry.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The Model of Motivational Dynamics (MMD; Skinner and Pitzer, 2012) infers that peers influence behavioral engagement levels, which in turn is linked to coping and resilience. Scholars, however, are yet to test the MMD among an athletic population. The purpose of this paper was to assess an a priori model that included key constructs from the MMD, such as resistance to peer influence, behavioral engagement and disaffection, coping, and resilience among athletes. Three hundred and fifty-one athletes (male n = 173, female n = 178; Mage = 16.15 years) completed a questionnaire that measured each construct. Our results provide support for the model. In particular, there were positive paths between resistance to peer influence and behavioral engagement, behavioral engagement and task-oriented coping, and task-oriented coping with resilience. There was also a positive path between resilience and resistance to peer influence, but a negative path from resistance to peer influence to behavioral disaffection. Due to the reported benefits of enhancing resistance to peer influence and behavioral engagement, researchers could devise sport specific interventions to maximize athletes' scores in these constructs.
AB - The Model of Motivational Dynamics (MMD; Skinner and Pitzer, 2012) infers that peers influence behavioral engagement levels, which in turn is linked to coping and resilience. Scholars, however, are yet to test the MMD among an athletic population. The purpose of this paper was to assess an a priori model that included key constructs from the MMD, such as resistance to peer influence, behavioral engagement and disaffection, coping, and resilience among athletes. Three hundred and fifty-one athletes (male n = 173, female n = 178; Mage = 16.15 years) completed a questionnaire that measured each construct. Our results provide support for the model. In particular, there were positive paths between resistance to peer influence and behavioral engagement, behavioral engagement and task-oriented coping, and task-oriented coping with resilience. There was also a positive path between resilience and resistance to peer influence, but a negative path from resistance to peer influence to behavioral disaffection. Due to the reported benefits of enhancing resistance to peer influence and behavioral engagement, researchers could devise sport specific interventions to maximize athletes' scores in these constructs.
KW - Behavior
KW - Mental toughness
KW - Motivation
KW - Motivational climate
KW - Peers
KW - Sport
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959449666&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02010
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959449666
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 6
SP - -
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
IS - JAN
M1 - 2010
ER -