Browsing by Author "Mäenpää, Linda"

Objectives. The aim of this study was to examine the motivation, goal orientation and perceived motivational climate of figure skating exercises and physical education. In addition, was examined how motivation, especially intrinsic motivation, goal orientation and perceived motivational climate, are connect to each other. Previous studies have shown that intrinsic motivation has a positive connection to figure skaters task orientation and a task-oriented motivational climate. The aim of the study is to strengthen the results of previous studies and to increase information on the motivation of young people in physical education and figure skating practice. Methods. The data collection was carried out through an online survey in December 2020. A total of 182 figure skaters from all over Finland responded to the survey. The goal orientation was measured by the children's version of the Perception of Succes Questionnaire (POQS) (Roberts, Treasure & Balague,1998), motivation was measured by Sport Motivation Scale 2 (Pelletier, Rocchi, Vallerand, Deci & Ryan, 2013) and perceived motivational climate was measured with validated scale by Soini, Liukkonen and Jaakkola (2004). The data was analyzed using the SPSS computer program by using factor analysis, Cronbach alpha value, correlation factors and t-test. Results and conclusions. The motivation of figure skaters was very high. Intrinsic motivation was higher in figure skating than in physical education. There were more task-oriented than ego-oriented, and the most perceived motivational climate was task-oriented. Intrinsic motivation was connected to the task orientation and task-oriented motivational climate in physical education and figure skating exercises. Task-oriented goal orientation and motivational climate have the greatest impact on the development of intrinsic motivation. The ego orientation was linked to extrinsic motivation and the ego-oriented climate. In other words, action that increase ego orientation in physical activity weaken the emergence of intrinsic motivation. Teachers and coaches can support the development of intrinsic motivation by promoting task-oriented goal orientation and motivational climate in action.