RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEMALE ADOLESCENTS ACHIEVEMENT GOAL ORIENTATIONS, PERCEPTIONS OF THE MOTIVATIONAL CLIMATE, BELIEF ABOUT SUCCESS AND SOURCES OF SATISFACTION IN BASKETBALL

Achievement goal theory states that dispositional goal orientations an d perceptions of the climate are two dimensions of motivation that int eract to affect behavior in achievement settings. Research to date, ho wever, has primarily dealt with these two variables in isolation. The present study initially examined the concomitants of mastery and perfo rmance oriented perceptions of the climate, and then assessed the cont ribution of both type of variable in predicting 274 female adolescent athletes beliefs aborts the causes of success and sources of satisfact ion following a week long residential basketball camp. Participants pe rceiving a mastery oriented climate had a stronger belief that success follows from one's own efforts and derived satisfaction from mastery experiences. Participants perceiving a performance oriented climate de rived satisfaction from outperforming others, and attributed success t o ability and deception, Moderated hierarchical regression analyzes re vealed separate main effects as well as significant interaction effect s between goal orientations and perceptions of the motivational climat e in predicting the participants' responses. Although the results of t he present study, adds further support to the argument that mastery or iented contexts should be stressed the findings also suggest that goal orientations, and the interaction of these two dimensions of motivati on must be taken into account when examining the youth sport experienc e.