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The role of goal profiles and perceived competence in sportspersonship for male rugby players
Author
Sivadorai Sellakannu
Supervisor
Wang, John C. K.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to (1) examine the relationship between goal orientations and sportspersonship, as well as, (2) investigate the effect of the interaction between perceived competence and goal orientations on sportspersonship levels, in rugby. Male rugby players (N = 138) completed a battery of questionnaires to measure perceived competence, goal orientations and sportspersonship orientation. The canonical correlations revealed 2 significant functions (Wilk's A = .79, F(8,264) = 4.01, p< 0.001) accounting for 21.7% of total variance in sportspersonship Two hierarchical cluster analyses were conducted which each gave a 3 cluster solution The results of the canonical correlations and first cluster analysis showed that a high task/low ego goal profile was associated with adaptive behaviors in relation to sportspersonship, and a high task/high ego profile resulted in lower levels of sportspersonship, especially in respect for social conventions. This shows that a higher ego orientation possibly leads to lower levels of sportspersonship. However, when perceived competence was included as a clustering variable, the results of the second cluster analysis showed that high perceived competence, together with a high ego orientation results in sportspersonship levels being higher than players who were less ego-oriented, except for respect for social conventions. This shows that perceived competence actually has a moderating effect on ego orientation, when it comes to showing sportspersonship behaviors. Hence, this study has revealed that a significant relationship exists between goal orientations and sportspersonship levels and that the influence of perceived competence should be taken into consideration when conducting future studies of this nature.
Date Issued
2004
Call Number
GV706.3 Siv
Date Submitted
2004