Browsing by Subject "Behavioral regulation"

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    Clima motivacional y diversión en el deporte: el papel mediador de la regulación conductual
    (Universidad de Murcia: servicio de publicaciones, 2025) Perez Garcia, José Alberto; Morquecho-Sánchez, Raquel; Ramirez-Nava, Rúben; Monteiro, Diogo; Jacinto, Miguel; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Hernández-Mendo, António; Sin departamento asociado
    Behavioral regulation serves as a critical explanatory mechanism in understanding how motivational climate impacts enjoyment, reinforcing the importance of fostering task-involving environments to enhance athletes’ motivation and overall sport experience, particularly in enjoyment. The aim of the study was to analyze the mediating role of behavioral regulation in the relationship between motivational climate (task-involving and ego-involving) and enjoyment in sport. The study involved 294 soccer players (153 males and 141 females) aged between 15 and 19 (M= 14.55; SD= 1.71). The Motivational Climate Sport Youth Scale was used to assess the motivational climate, the Sport Motivation Scale-II to assess behavioral regulation and the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale to assess enjoyment. A mediation analysis was conducted to examine the role of behavioral regulation in the relationship between motivational climate and enjoyment. The results indicated that a task-involving motivational climate is associated with higher levels of autonomous motivation (r= .681; p≤.001), which in turn is related to greater enjoyment (r= .175; p≤.001). On the other hand, an ego-involving climate is associated with non-self-determined motivation (r= .657; p≤.001) and lower enjoyment (r= -.357; p≤.001). Autonomous motivation significantly mediated the relationship between task-involving climate and enjoyment (β = .38; 95% CI= .201, .575). The study reinforces the importance of promoting task-involving motivational climates to foster autonomous motivation and increase enjoyment in athletes. Autonomous motivation seems to play a mediating role in the relationship between motivational climate and enjoyment