Exploring the role of motivation on the development of sport involvement
by Konstantinos Alexandris
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM), Vol. 12, No. 1/2, 2012

Abstract: The present study aimed to investigate the influence of motivation on the development of sport involvement in the context of recreational tennis. Two hundred recreational tennis players (N = 200), who were members of a tennis club in Greece, participated in the study. The multi-dimensional model of motivation [extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and amotivation (Pelletier et al., 1995)] and the self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan, 1985) were used for the measurement and conceptualisation of motivation, while the three-dimensional model of involvement [attraction, centrality and self-expression (Kyle et al., 2004)] was used for the measurement of involvement. The results of the study indicated: (a) the scores in the sport involvement scale were increased with the frequency of participation; (b) the intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions of motivation made significant contributions to the prediction of the attraction and centrality dimensions of involvement; (c) amotivation significantly predicted the attraction dimension. The theoretical and applied implications of these results are discussed.

Online publication date: Thu, 31-Jul-2014

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