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Differences In Motivation Between Division I Collegiate Female Basketball Players And Swimmers, Meghan Mcgovern
Differences In Motivation Between Division I Collegiate Female Basketball Players And Swimmers, Meghan Mcgovern
Masters Theses
Previous research has shown that motivation to participate in athletics is influenced by a variety of factors. A great number of studies have identified several of these factors including age, gender and scholarship status (Amorose and Horn, 2000). However very little research has been conducted regarding how the type of sport may influence motivation.
The purpose of this study was to determine if differences existed in the types of motivation exhibited by team sport athletes and individual sport athletes when assessed using the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) (Pelletier et al, 1995). It was hypothesized that team sport athletes would display …