The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review of studies concerning social
support in youth sport from 1990 to 2013. A total of 73 studies were evaluated and are …

OBJECTIVES: Grounded in self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985) and
achievement goal theory (AGT; Nicholls, 1989), the present study examined the temporal …

There are many reasons why individuals are motivated to participate in sports. For athletes
to participate in and keep up exercise, investigating the participation motivation of athletes is …

Talent identification and development processes are important components of many dance
programmes, yet talent is notoriously difficult to define and its identification may rely on …

Interpersonal trust is associated with a range of adaptive outcomes, including knowledge
sharing. However, to date, our knowledge of antecedents and consequences of employees …

GOAL: The goal of this study was to test the impact of cohesiveness and coaches' controlling
interpersonal style on athletes' perceptions of autonomy, competence and relatedness. A …

Embedded in achievement goal theory (Ames, 1992; Meece, Anderman, & Anderman,
2006), this study examined how perceptions of coach and peer motivational climate in youth …

OBJECTIVE: The role of social environment in fostering athlete burnout is understudied, in
particular with regard to the peer social context. We therefore examined the association …

Sports have long been viewed as an opportunity to actively engage young people in a
leisure context and not just in terms of participation in sports activities, but across a range of …

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the motivational climate created by the
coach and perceived by a group of young high-performance handball players on their sport …