Date of Award
4-1994
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Human Performance and Health Education
First Advisor
Dr. Jody A. Brylinsky
Second Advisor
Dr. Debra S. Berkey
Third Advisor
Dr. Marianne Frauenknecht
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between past performance and sources of motivation on team and self-efficacy of collegiate soccer players. The subjects of this study were 92 male collegiate soccer players who participated in MIAA competition in the fall of 1992. Data were collected from team and self-efficacy questionnaires modified for this study. A sport motivation scale from Butt's (1987) Sport Protocol was also used to collect data. The findings of this study indicated that (a) past performance is the primary variable in predicting team efficacy; (b) the coach's rating of player ability was a stronger source of self-efficacy than the soccer team's collective efficacy, in an interdependent sport like soccer; (c) there is a reciprocal relationship team and self-efficacy in college soccer players; and (d) cooperation and competence, as individual sources of motivation, have a positive relationship with soccer team efficacy.
Recommended Citation
Demers, Kevin P., "Investigation of Past Performance and Sources of Motivation on Team and Self-Efficacy of Collegiate Soccer Players" (1994). Masters Theses. 3308.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3308