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Exerted effort and performance in climbing among boys: the influence of achievement goals, perceived ability, and task difficulty.
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In achievement contexts such as sport, achievement goal theory assumes that an individuals major concern is to demonstrate competence. However, competence may be expressed in two ways: as task and ego involvement (Nicholls, 1989). Seventy-eight boys (M ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Dec
in Journal: Res Q Exerc Sport
(Language : eng)
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2002 Dec;73(4):425-36
Exerted effort and performance in climbing among boys: the influence of achievement goals, perceived ability, and task difficulty.
Sarrazin P, Roberts G, Cury F, Biddle S, Famose JP
Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Grenoble, France. philippe.sarrazin@ujf-grenoble.fr
In achievement contexts such as sport, achievement goal theory assumes that an individual's major concern is to demonstrate competence. However, competence may be expressed in two ways: as task and ego involvement (Nicholls, 1989). Seventy-eight boys (M age = 13.6 years) performed five climbing courses, and the influence of achievement goals, perceived ability, and task difficulty on effort and performance was studied. According to the achievement goal theory: (a) task-involved boys exerted more effort and performed better than ego-involved boys; and (b) exerted effort was determined by an interaction of one's achievement goal, perceived ability (PA), and task difficulty. Ego-high PA boys and task-low PA boys exerted the most effort on the moderate course; ego-low PA boys exerted least effort on the moderate and very difficult courses. Finally, task-high PA boys exerted more effort on the most difficult courses. The motivational processes underlying these findings are discussed.
PMID : 12495244 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Philippe | Sarrazin | P |
| Glyn | Roberts | G |
| François | Cury | F |
| Stuart | Biddle | S |
| Jean-Pierre | Famose | JP |
Affiliation: Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Grenoble, France. philippe.sarrazin@ujf-grenoble.fr
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Category links from this article:- Adolescent
- Child
- Ego
- Exertion - physiology
- Goals
- Humans
- Male
- Motivation
- Mountaineering - psychology
- Perception
- Self Concept
- Task Performance and Analysis
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