Perceived coach-created and peer-created motivational climates and their associations with team cohesion and athlete satisfaction: evidence from a longitudinal study

García-Calvo, T. and Leo, F. and Gonzalez-Ponce, I. and Sanchez-Miguel, P. and Mouratidis, A. and Ntoumanis, N. 2014. Perceived coach-created and peer-created motivational climates and their associations with team cohesion and athlete satisfaction: evidence from a longitudinal study. Journal of Sports Sciences. 32 (18): pp. 1738-1750.

Source Title

Journal of Sports Sciences

DOI

10.1080/02640414.2014.918641

ISSN

0264-0414

School

School of Psychology and Speech Pathology

Remarks

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the Journal of Sports Sciences, 2014, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/">http://www.tandfonline.com/</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2014.918641">http://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2014.918641</a>

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11201

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

In this longitudinal study, we examined the extent to which perceived coach- and peer-created motivational climates are associated with athlete-group cohesion and satisfaction with participation among Spanish soccer players competing in the Third National Division. Multilevel modelling analyses showed that perceived coach-created task climate was positively related to perceived cohesion and players’ satisfaction with their participation within their team. Also, perceived peer-created task climate related positively to perceived cohesion. The results indicate the importance of considering peer-related aspects of the motivational climate in addition to considering the coach-related aspects of the motivational climate when examining motivational group dynamics in sport.