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"c o m I S S N (Online): 2322 – 4479 Original Article Received: 03/08/2013 Accepted: 11/01/2014 Factor Analysis of Teenage Athletes’ Goal Orientations and Sports Participation Motives in Leisure Time 1Noshin Benar, 2Mohsen Loghmani 1.
ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to identify the most important goal orientations and sport participation motives among teenage athletes in leisure time.
The results of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) showed fit model indexes for twosome dimensions of sport goals, and five motives of sport participation (RMSEA ≤ .
26) were identified respectively, also according to figure 4, based on second- ordered measurement model teenage athletes participate in sports settings with goals of task orientation (.
Second-ordered measurement model of PMQ DISCUSSION The purpose of the present study was the factor analysis of achievement goals and sports participation motives among teenage athletes.
This study showed that teenage athletes mainly participated in physical activities with five core motives of skill development, energy release, team atmosphere, status, and fitness.
Second-ordered measurement model of TEOSQ Based on CFA results, further validity for the constructs of task and ego goal orientations has been demonstrated that they supported previous researches (10, 24, 35- 38).
The present study, in the field of importance of achievement goals priorities, showed that task orientation has more than ego orientation among teenage athletes, but the results of Spearman’s correlation coefficient indicated that there are negatively and statistically significant associations between task orientation and all motives of sport participation."