Motivations and School Functioning Among Secondary Students in Sports-Study Programs: Are There Potential Spillover Effects? (Poster 48)

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  In Poster Session: Motivations and School Functioning Among Secondary Students in Sports-Study Programs: Are There Potential Spillover Effects?

Abstract

This study aimed to understand motivation among secondary school students in sports-study programs, testing relationships between academic and sport motivations and their contribution to school functioning. A sample of 901 students (58% boys; mean age = 14 years) took part in the study. Results revealed that academic amotivation positively predicted sport amotivation. Furthermore, sport amotivation positively predicted academic controlled motivation, while controlled motivation in sport positively predicted academic amotivation. Regarding functioning, academic autonomous motivation was positively associated to grades, academic adjustment, and school belongingness; academic controlled motivation was negatively related to adjustment; academic amotivation was negatively linked to grades and adjustment; sport autonomous motivation was positively associated to belongingness; and sport amotivation was negatively related to both adjustment and belongingness.

Authors

• Stéphane Duchesne, Université Laval

• Genevieve Boisclair Chateauvert, Université Laval

• Josée-Anne Gouin, Université Laval

• André Plamondon, Université Laval

• Catherine F. Ratelle, Université Laval