A Bayesian network to study motivation, motivational climate and anxiety in young competitive team players

Authors

  • Alexandre Garcia-Mas Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de las Islas Baleares
  • Pilar Fuster-Parra Departemento de Matemáticas y Ciencias de la Computación. Universidad de las Islas Baleares
  • Francisco-Javier Ponseti Facultad de Educación. Universidad de las Islas Baleares
  • Pere Palou Facultad de Educación. Universidad de las Islas Baleares
  • Aurelio Olmedilla Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de Murcia
  • Jaume Cruz Facultad de Psicología. Universitat Autònoma de Catalunya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.31.1.167531
Keywords: Anxiety, Motivational Climate, Bayesian networks, Bayesian Likelihoods, Self-Determination, Goal Orientation, Youth Sports, Football

Supporting Agencies

  • Grant from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España
  • ref DEP2010-15561
  • subprog DEPO.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to find out the level of relations between self-determination, the goal orientation and the perceived motivational climate in young team players, and their impact on the somatic and cognitive components of the competitive anxiety, and the acceptance of use of cheating and gamemanship in sports.
We adminstered the PMCSQ-2, TEOSQ, BRSQ, CDED and SAS-2 to a population of 270 soccer, handball and basketball players (M = 14.67 , SD = 1.53). Probabilistic relations of dependence and independence among the variables were established using a Bayesian network (BN) implemented with Netic and Tetrad IV. Subsequently, we instantiated hypothetical probability values ​​in the dependent variables of the BN to analyze the impact and change on the probabilities of the independent variables. Results showed that the causal impact of the self-determined motivation on the competitive anxiety is quite different from the achievement motivation; and also demonstrated a controversial relationship between the perceived motivational climates and the players' goal orientations (task and ego). The marginal causal role of the somatic anxiety, and the instrumental role of the acceptation of the use of cheating were also confirmed. Results also confirmed the validation of the BN for this study.

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Published
25-12-2014
How to Cite
Garcia-Mas, A., Fuster-Parra, P., Ponseti, F.-J., Palou, P., Olmedilla, A., & Cruz, J. (2014). A Bayesian network to study motivation, motivational climate and anxiety in young competitive team players. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 31(1), 355–366. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.31.1.167531
Issue
Vol. 31 No. 1 (2015)
Section
Sport Psychology

 

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