The Influence of Basic Psychological Needs and Passion in Promoting Elite Young Football Players' Development
Chamorro, José L. (Universidad Europea de Madrid. Departamento de Ciencias del Deporte)
Moreno, Rubén (Universidad Europea de Madrid. Departamento de Ciencias del Deporte)
García Calvo, Tomás (University of Extremadura. Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Sport Sciences)
Torregrossa, Miquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Evolutiva i de l'Educació)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Motivational variables and cognitive skills have been identified as important in an athlete's development. The aim of this study is to explore the influence of each basic psychological needs satisfaction on player's development regarding reflection and concentration disruption with the mediation of types of passion in Spanish young elite football players. A total of 487 elite U18 male football players (M = 17. 43, SD = 0. 71) completed measures of basic psychological needs satisfaction, passion for football, reflective thinking, and concentration disruption. Measurement models were defined using exploratory structural equation models. The results provide support for the model, where each psychological needs satisfaction prompted reflection and had a negative influence on concentration disruption with the mediation of harmonious passion. In addition, obsessive passion mediated the positive relationship between competence satisfaction and concentration disruption. Finally, competence and relatedness satisfaction influenced the development of reflection directly and positively and, exclusively, relatedness satisfaction had a negative influence in a direct way on concentration disruption. In sum, our results highlight that (a) the environment of young footballers through psychological needs satisfaction has a positive (i. e. , reflection) or negative (i. e. , concentration disruption) influence on the field, but only with the mediation of harmonious passion, (b) in a competitive environment, the perception of competence can have a positive influence on concentration disruption, but only with the development of obsessive passion as a mediator, and (c) relatedness satisfaction plays a key role in distinguishing between reflection and concentration disruption.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Self-determination theory ; Motivation ; Self-regulation ; Concentration disruption ; Reflective thinking ; Dualistic model of passion
Published in:	Frontiers in psychology, Vol. 11 (november 2020) , ISSN 1664-1078

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570584
PMID: 33304293

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