Müller, S. (Sven) (2016) Taking responsibility for sport performance: Examining the attribution style of adolescent, high performing athletes. thesis, Sport Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Attribution style describes how individuals explain causes of results like a win or a loss in sports. As such, it is a reflection of the sense of responsibility of individuals. In sport, taking responsibility is especially important in order to learn from own results and improve performance. Attributing causes internal and controllable (IC) is related to better performance, whereas attributing causes external and uncontrollable (EU) is related to worse performance. Causal attribution was found to be different after a positive result compared to causal attribution after a negative result. The present study examined the causal attribution of adolescent, high performing athletes. It was hypothesized that adolescent, high performing athletes attribute causes IC after both a positive and a negative result, attributing more IC after a win compared to a loss. To assess causal attribution of adolescent, high performing athletes, 131 athletes between 11 and 18 (age 14.01 ± 1.51) filled in an adapted version of the attribution style questionnaire of Silver, Mitchell and Gist (1995). Results showed an IC causal attribution score (61.30 ± 29.53) significantly different from a neutral causal attribution score after a positive result (p < .001). Also, results revealed an EU causal attribution score (-13.57 ± 47.69) significantly different from a neutral causal attribution score after a negative result (p = .001). Controlling for gender, kind of sports, and age revealed similar causal attribution scores for all groups. Prior results significantly affected the causal attribution of high performing adolescents (p < .001). Findings suggest that adolescents are less likely to take responsibility after a negative result than after a positive result. Focus for coaches and trainers should therefore be on teaching their athletes a sense of responsibility in both situations after a positive result and a negative result. It will ultimately lead to enhancing athletes ability to learn from own results and to better performance. Keywords: talent development, coaching, youth athletes, excellent performance, psychology
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Elferink-Gemser, dr. M.T. and Hartman, dr. E. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2022 07:58 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2022 07:58 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3174 |
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