Uwland, F. (Fieke) (2021) The relationship between attribution, sports performance level and the development thereof in competitive youth athletes. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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The present study examined the relationship between attribution, sports performance level and the development thereof in competitive youth athletes from a variety of sports (n = 485, mean age at baseline: 15.1 years, std. ± 1.5). The findings of the present study will provide insight into whether attribution is a contributor to talent development. Attribution and sports performance level were measured by the ‘Why Did I Fail in a sport-event scale’ (WDIF sport scale) and the ‘Sport Rapport’ at baseline and two years later. The WDIF sport scale focused on failure situations and consisted of four attributions, namely: ‘lack of ability’, ‘lack of effort’, ‘bad luck’ and ‘superior opponent’. Based on their score (0-100%) on these attributions, the competitive youth athletes were divided into one of the three groups (low, moderate, high). Correlations between attribution and sports performance level were calculated and followed by ANOVA analyses, a regression analysis and repeated measures analyses. The competitive youth athletes in the current study attributed most failure situations to bad luck (34%), followed by superior opponent (27%), lack of ability (21%) and lack of effort (18%). The results showed that competitive youth athletes who made a low amount of attributions to lack of effort had significantly higher sports performance levels compared with competitive youth athletes who made a high amount of attributions to lack of effort (p < .05). Besides, competitive youth athletes who ascribed a high amount of attributions to bad luck had significantly higher sports performance levels compared to those who made a moderate amount of attributions to bad luck (p < .05). Repeated measures analyses showed that the competitive youth athletes were stable in their attributions (p > .05), whereas they developed their sports performance level over time (p < .05). Unlike girls, boys who made a high amount of attributions to lack of ability developed their sports performance level more compared to boys who made a low or moderate amount of attributions to lack of ability (p < .05). The findings of the current study contribute to the understanding of attributions among competitive youth athletes. However, more research is required to better understand the relationship between attribution, sports performance level and the development thereof to give appropriate recommendations regarding attributions for talent development programs, trainers and coaches. Keywords: attribution, sports performance level, development, competitive youth athletes, talent
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Elferink-Gemser, dr. M.T. and Huijgen, dr. B.C.H. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2022 07:54 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2022 07:54 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3327 |
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