Lecture 8/9: Motivation and Identity Flashcards
Describe the components of the Sport Commitment Model.
Sport Commitment = desire and resolve to do sport.
Functional Commitment = you want to do this (overall healthier).
Obligatory Commitment = you feel you have to do this (not always bad. If this is the dominant form of commitment, over time it becomes problematic).
- Involvement Opportunities = Gives one the opportunities to get from sport that they can’t get anywhere else.
- Social support = who encourages you, who joins you, who coaches you, who assists you?
- Social Pressure = Will people pressure you to do your sport.?
- Involvement alternatives = What else can you do besides sport?
- Personal investments = How much time/money/energy have you put in that you feel you would squander if you left sport?
- Enjoyment = How much fun are you having?
Describe Achievement Goal Theory:
A large motivator in achievement contexts (sport) where there’s a desire to demonstrate physical abilities.
- Achievement goal orientation + perceptions of competence = Motivation
Describe Social Motivation Model.
What are the aspects that affect Social Goal Orientation? What are the aspects that affect Perception of Belonging?
A large motivator in social contexts (sport) to develop and maintain social bonds.
- Social goal orientation + perceptions of belonging = Motivation
Social Goal Orientation:
- Affiliation = Develop and maintain mutual relationships.
- Recognition = gain recognition from others through sport, relying on approval from others.
- Status = gain social rank amongst peers.
Perception of Belonging:
- Sport provides MA’s the inherent need for social connections and belonging.
- use sport to gain pride, respect, admiration.
- Sport allows satisfaction of need for competence by improving and mastering skills.
What are the three key motivators in adult sport?
- Achievement Motivation
- Social Motivation
- Athletic Identity
What is Identity? how can it be defined? What are the differences between one’s personal identity and one’s social identity?
Identity = The qualities, looks, beliefs, personalities, and expressions that make a person what they are.
Defined by the individual, or also by a group.
- Personal Identity = motivated by SELF-interest, guided by PERSONAL values
- Social Identity = motivated by COLLECTIVE-interest, guided by SHARED values
What is the Importance of Personal Athletic Development?
It’s the self-expression of the authentic self. Identify how you would want to.
- Many MA’s are well known in their community. Use sport to distinguish themselves.
- Identity can validate personal investments and legitimize sacrifices.
- Identity influences sport experiences, INC enjoyment and less likely to shift to other priorities.
Go through the 4 steps MA’s use to develop an identity:
Entering Activity:
- Adults join sport because of:
- Seekership = 50%, get involved to fulfill a need or interested, looking for activity and social relations.
- Recruitment = 33%, encouraged by others to join, recruited during free swim or outside of sport, want structure and group activity.
Conversion:
- After entering, adults learn and adopt the language, learn cultural expectations and practices, and learn their place on the team.
- Learn value of effort, how to push themselves.
Entanglements, Commitments, Obligations:
- Once converted, adults become more immersed in the routine, commitments, and sacrifices.
- Adjust lifestyle accordingly.
- Females usually inherit new labors.
- More willing to sacrifice time with non-sport friends.
- Commitments to competitions, new friendships, loyalty to coach.
Reputation and Identity:
- Start to claim reputations and identities.
a. Within adult sport community.
- Claim a role and want to maintain the identity.
b. When others project identities onto adult athletes.
- Respect from health experts.
- Role Models for others.
- Amusement, people think you’re strange/crazy.
c. When adults see who THEY ARE and project in interactions.
- Take pride in identity, renewal of sport.
