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68Effects of elite athletes' aim orientation on basic psychological needs and fear of failure
§eker RABCDE
Department of Recreation, High School of Physical Education and Sports, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay,
Turkey.
Authors' Contribution: A - Study design; B - Data collection; C - Statistical analysis; D - Manuscript Preparation;
E - Funds Collection.
Abstract
Purpose: This research was carried out in order to analyze elite athletes' aim orientation, basic psychological needs and fear of failure in perspective of several variables, and to reveal the differences among these variables.
Material: Sample of the research consisted of elite athletes from different branches who had been in different regions of Turkey in 2016-2017. Number of elite athletes in this research was (n=521) in total, 378 of whom were males and 173 of whom were females. These elite athletes had been chosen by random sampling. As data collection tools, Basic Psychological Needs Scale, which was adapted to Turkish by Kesici et al (2003), Fear of Failure Scale which was adapted to Turkish by Kahraman and Sungur (2016), Scale of Task and Ego Orientation in Sports that was adapted to Turkish by Toros (2004) were used in the study.
Results: It was concluded that females had lower fear of "unclear future"and "experiencing shame and embarrassment"
than males. It was revealed that as the age of the participants went up, their needs for relationship, fear of unclear future, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment, and task orientation increase. It was found out that participants who had direct branches had higher "need for relationship" and "fear of unclear future" in comparison with the ones who had indirect branches.
Conclusions: According to the results of the study, it was found that there was meaningful difference in sub-dimensional fear of failure in terms of gender variable, in sub-dimensional fear of failure, in basic psychological needs and in aim orientation with regards to age variable, in sub-dimensional basic psychological needs and in fear of failure in terms of branch variation (direct - indirect) variable.
Keywords: aim, ego, fear of failure, orientation, psychological needs.
Introduction
Being successful on life purposes, achieving goals in life help humans get satisfied in their lives [1, 2]. Therefore, life satisfaction eases participating more in activities, and desire of being satisfied and happy encourages doing sports activities. As with daily life, succeeding in sports makes people happy; therefore, it is important how success is labeled by individuals. For instance, while success means getting medals for some athletes; it may mean self-development for the others. Aim orientation has an important place especially in sports environment. In relation with motivation, aim orientation appears in two forms which are related with task and ego. These two concepts compose two extents which are separated from each other, yet connected with each other as well. In task-related aim orientation, an athlete compares his/ her own past performance standards and level of skill with the present. In this way, the athlete gets satisfied with himself/herself by developing his/her athletic skills and knowledge. As the issue is to get a positive self-image by carrying his/her level of skill to the next level, the athlete tries to do his/her best not only during a competition, but also during training. In ego-related aim orientation, the athlete uses his/her teammates and rivals as a standard for his/her own skills. Therefore, the athlete becomes satisfied with himself/herself as long as he/she dominates the others. Supremacy, inferiority feelings, famousness and standing out are the main stimulations in
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this orientation. Ego-related aim orientation is observed generally in elite athletes who have completed skill development and sustain task-related aim orientation at a certain level. Besides, there are also situations in which the two orientations in athletes are in balance, or aren't considered separately [3-5].
It is an approved fact that in addition to physical fitness, psychological fitness of athletes is also substantial in order to get high performance in sports settings [6]. Individuals' self-feeling of adequacy about their actions and doing their tasks successfully allow them to have high self-confidence and improve their needs of adequacy [7].
It is expected that providing psychological needs necessary for the individuals will increase the confidence of them and increase the sense of self-assurance in activities or events in a positive way [8]. However, if the individuals cannot meet their psychological needs, it is expected that fear of failure inevitably haunts them. The more the individual feeds his/her own orientation and psychological needs, the easier his/her orientation to succeed is. For example, an athlete's desire for competing in the Olympics is an inherent feeling. However, in order to actualize this feeling, he/she needs to fill some specific criteria in by reaching serious successes in competitions before the Olympics. For this, primarily, determining his/ her goals, then finding a decent trainer and having a strong psychology are the most important criteria for the athlete to find himself/herself and to focus on success. Though, deficient guidance or a non-satisfied psychology may cause ending the athlete's adventure before it is started
[9].
Concisely, this study, which was intended to be directed towards researching of the effect of elite athlete's aim orientation on basic psychological needs and fear of failure, was tried to be revealed in a descriptive way. It was seen that motivation level of athletes that were created through their lives to orient to particular aims changed for various reasons. It was seen that among the main problems experienced during the motivation in the way of the aim, were the reasons arose from not meeting the psychological needs of the individual and the fear of failing. Elimination of fear of failure and psychological needs not only will increase the satisfaction of the athletes and allow to motivate mentally and affectively in sportive terms, but also offer important opportunities to get the athlete to the aim he/she determined particularly to an aim.
Materials and Methods
Research model
The research was in relational screening model and presented a descriptive quality. Screening model tries to describe a situation exists in the past or present as it is [10]. Investigating effects of elite athletes' aim orientation on basic psychological needs and fear of failure in perspective of several variables was the frame of the research.
Subjects
Research group consisted of elite athletes who had participated actively in the 2016-2017 competition season in different regions of Turkey, and they were chosen with random sampling. Number of the athletes was 521 (Wrestling (53), Barbell (46), Boxing (40), Taekwondo (39), Karate (37), Judo (34), Athletics (47), Muay-Thai (33), Swimming (27), Kick-box (38), Arm Wrestling (27), Wushu (39), Gymnastics (25), Fencing (20), Orienteering (16)). The athletes in the sampling were chosen from the mass of athletes who have continued their sports lives actively.
Data Collection
Basic psychological needs scale. Basic Psychological Needs Scale was devised by Deci and Ryan, and was adapted to Turkish by Kesici et al. [11-12]. This scale was adapted to Turkish to detect an individual's basic psychological needs and there were 21 statements in the original form of the scale.
How individuals' needs towards various fields were presented and how often individuals wished this situation, were asked in the scale. The scale originally used a septet gradation type but a quintet gradation type was preferred while adapting to Turkish. Scale items that included positive statements were graded as such: very accurate: 5, accurate: 4, less accurate: 3, not accurate: 2, not accurate at all: 1. The scale consisted of three sub-dimensions. By counting the score a person took from the items in a subdimension, scale scores in three sub-dimensions for each individual were obtained. These three sub-dimensions respectively were: need for autonomy (1st, 4th, 17th, 20th, 8th, 11th, 14th items), need for competence (3rd,
5th, 10th, 19th, 13th, 15th items), need for relationship (2nd, 12th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 6th, 7th, 9th items).
Theoretically, as grading each item was set among 1 and 5, total score of the scale in terms of autonomy subdimension was 35 at most and 7 at least. As the score went up, individual felt more that his/her psychological needs were met, and when it went down he/she felt psychological needs. Total score in terms of competence needs sub-dimension was 30 at most and 6 at least. Total grade in terms of relationship needs sub-dimension was 40 at most and 8 at least. For instance, an individual's having a high grade in competence sub-dimension meant one felt himself/herself more competent. Reliability values regarding the sub-dimensions respectively were 0.82, 0.86 and 0.84. As a result of the analysis that was done on the data obtained from this study, reliability values regarding the scale's sub-dimensions respectively were: 0.79, 0.85 and 0.83.
Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory. It was developed by Conroy, updated by Conroy et al, and adapted to Turkish by Kahraman and Sungur [13, 14, 15]. It consisted of 25 items. It had a five point Likert form. Since it had too many reverse-grading items and it was too long, Conroy et al. (2002) revised the scale and updated it by removing some items [14]. The scale included 25 items and 5 dimensions in this current form. The dimensions were: Fear of Lowering Someone's Self-Judgment Value (1st, 4th, 7th, 16th items); Fear of Unclear Future (2nd, 5 th, 8th, 12th); Fear of Disappointing Important People (3rd, 6th, 9th, 14th, 19th); Fear of Experiencing Shame and Embarrassment (10th, 15 th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 2nd); Fear of Wasting Attention of Important People (11th, 17th, 13th, 21st, 23rd). Validity study of the updated scale was held with 438 university students. Cronbach alpha values of the dimensions were found as; 0.80 for fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment, 0.74 for fear of lowering someone's self-judgment value, 0.80 for fear of unclear future, 0.78 for fear of wasting attention of important people and 0.78 for fear of disappointing important people. According to the DFA results, the model had decent adaptation index. Consequently, the scale was valid and reliable for measuring fear of failure. In result of the analysis that was done on the data obtained from this study, Cronbach alpha reliability values regarding the scale's sub-dimensions respectively were: 0.81, 0.78, 0.79, 0.81 and 0.80.
Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire. Being devised by Duda and adapted to Turkish by Toros, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ) based on achievement goal theory [4,16]. The questionnaire consisted of five point Likert type which was expressed in a format of "strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, strongly agree". The questionnaire included 13 items regarding five evaluation stages of attitudes and it involved two sub-scales. The first one imported Task Orientation (2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 13th items) and the second one imported Ego Orientation (1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 11th) and they comprised of 13 items in total. Cronbach alpha values of the sub-dimensions were
calculated as; 0.65 for Task Orientation and 0.72 for Ego Orientation. In result of the analysis that was done on the data acquired from this study, reliability values regarding the scale's sub-dimensions respectively were: 0.76 and 0.81.
Statistical Analysis
The data of this study were collected by distributing the scales to pre-service teachers in preschool teacher education. The data obtained from the study was analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied in order to examine whether the data showed normal distribution. Since it was detected that the data was not distributed normally, non-parametric test was employed. Depending on sub-problems, percentage, frequency, standard deviation, arithmetic mean, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis test and correlation analysis were used in the data analysis. In significance test, the level of significance was regarded as 0.05.
Results
This section included statistical evaluation of the information obtained from the responses given by the athletes participating in the study to the form of Basic Psychological Needs, Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory and Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire.
According to the Table 1, in result of Mann-Whitney U test, only significant difference was found in terms of gender variable is in "Fear of Unclear Future" and
"Fear of Experiencing Shame and Embarrassment" sub-dimensions under the performance failure appraisal questionnaire, which was in favor of females (*p < , 05; ** p < , 01). According to this result, it can be said that females' fear of "unclear future" and "experiencing shame and embarrassment" was lower than males'.
When the results of Kruskal-Wallis test in Table 2 were examined, a significant difference was found in "Need for Relationship" sub-dimension under the basic psychological needs scale, in "Fear of Unclear Future" and "Fear of Experiencing Shame and Embarrassment" sub-dimension under the performance failure appraisal scale and in "Task Orientation" sub-dimension under the task and ego orientation in sport questionnaire, in terms of age variable (*p < , 01; **p < , 05). Mann-Whitney U test was used in order to detect among which age groups this difference occurred. It was found out that as the age of the participants increased, their needs for relationship, fear of unclear future, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment, and task orientation also went up.
According to the Table 3, result of Mann-Whitney U test, significant difference found in terms of branch variable was in "Need for Relationship" sub-dimension under the basic psychological needs scale and in "Fear of Unclear Future" sub-dimension under the performance failure appraisal questionnaire, which was in favor of the participants whose branches were direct (*p < , 01; ** p < , 05). In guidance of this result, it can be said that "Need for Relationship" and "Fear of Unclear Future" levels of
Table 1. Evaluation of the grades of the participants' basic psychological needs, performance failure appraisal and task and ego orientation in sport according to gender variable
Dimensions Gender n X Mean Rank Mean Total U P
Need for Autonomy Male Female 378 173 20.12 19.65 284.13 258.24 107400.50 44675.50 29624.5 .075
Need for Competence Male Female 378 173 20.91 20.26 285.98 254.19 108100.50 43975.50 28924.5 .059
Need for Relationship Male Female 378 173 28.62 27.82 284.67 257.07 107603.50 44472.50 29421.5 .058
Fear of Lowering someone's Self- Male 378 7.51 281.66 106468.00 30557.0 .212
Judgment Value Female 173 7.36 263.63 45608.00
Fear of Unclear Future Male Female 378 173 10.47 9.45 296.91 230.32 112231.50 39844.50 24793.5 .000**
Fear of Disappointing Important People Male Female 378 173 14.13 13.72 283.23 260.21 107059.50 45016.50 29965.5 .113
Fear of Experiencing Shame and Male 378 18.44 287.24 108577.50 28447.5 .014*
Embarrassment Female 173 17.45 251.44 43498.50
Fear of wasting Attention of Male 378 10.69 283.30 107088.00 29937.0 .110
Important People Female 173 10.16 260.05 44988.00
Task Orientation Male Female 378 173 19.20 19.62 273.51 281.44 103387.00 48689.00 31756.0 .586
Ego Orientation Male Female 378 173 22.24 22, 41 274.68 278, 88 103830.50 48245, 50 32199.5 .774
Note: *; p < .05, **; p < .01
Table 2. Evaluation of the grades of the participants' basic psychological needs, performance failure appraisal and task and ego orientation in sport according to age variable
Variables Age N X Mean Rank Sd c2 P Significant Difference
10-18 age 130 20.25 288.47
Need for Autonomy 19-22 age 23 and older 10-18 age 252 169 130 19.80 20.02 20.69 269.86 275.57 281.72 2 1.181 .554
Need for Competence 19-22 age 23 and older 252 169 20.59 20.89 269.50 281.29 2 .779 .677
10-18 age 130 27.68 252.25 1-3 2-3
Need for Relationship 19-22 age 252 28.22 271.05 2 7.559 .023*
23 and older 169 29.13 301.65
Fear of Lowering 10-18 age 130 7.46 277.12
someone's Self- 19-22 age 252 7.59 283.69 2 1.644 .440
Judgment Value 23 and older 169 7.27 263.68
10-18 age 130 9.07 203.13 1-2
Fear of Unclear Future 19-22 age 252 10.27 286.63 2 39.688 .000** 1-3
23 and older 169 10.80 316.20 2-3
Fear of Disappointing Important People 10-18 age 19-22 age 23 and older 130 252 169 13.66 13.92 14.39 255.91 272.19 297.14 2 5.256 .072
Fear of Experiencing 10-18 age 130 17.43 249.05
Shame and 19-22 age 252 18.18 276.89 2 6.277 .043* 1-3
Embarrassment 23 and older 169 18.60 295.40
Fear of Wasting 10-18 age 130 9.93 247.24
Attention of Important 19-22 age 252 10.68 284.87 2 5.608 .061
People 23 and older 169 10.73 284.90
10-18 age 130 18.66 249.14 1-3 2-3
Task Orientation 19-22 age 252 19.28 269.30 2 10.492 .005**
23 and older 169 19.93 306.64
10-18 age 130 21.46 251.98
Ego Orientation 19-22 age 23 and older 252 169 22.39 22.78 276.37 293.93 2 5.129 .077
Note: *p < .05; **p < .01 ; 1: 10-18 age.2: 19-22 age.3: 23 and older
the participants whose branches were direct were higher than of the ones whose branches were indirect.
Discussion
In this study, effects of aim orientation on elite athletes' basic psychological needs and fear of failure were investigated, and the statistical results of the data obtained from the demographical values regarding the athletes were intended to be discussed in this section. The demographical values were assessed according to the subdimensions of the scales and a discussion and conclusion section was created with the results revealed.
It was concluded that females' fear of "unclear future" and "experiencing shame and embarrassment" was lower than males'. It was also observed that females' worry about unclear future and level of experiencing shame and embarrassment which were sub-dimensions of the fear of failure scale was seriously lower than males'. It
can be said that sub-dimensions of the fear of failure, such as achievement goals, shame and embarrassment and unclear future, have an indirect effect on the fear of failure, task selection, displaying task and performance of gender studies. In a sense, this fear has a domino effect. It directly affects the adaption of achievement goals and the achievement goal affects achievement behavior directly [17-19]. In a study, Engur showed that although there was no significant relation between Experiencing Shame and Embarrassment sub-dimension, males had higher mean points [20]. Elison et al. stated that males showed avoiding behavior mostly in embarrassment situations but females generally internalized embarrassment [21]. In their study towards secondary school students, Kahraman and Sungur found significant difference between males and females in terms of shame and embarrassment subdimensions under the fear of failure [15]. When Engur's study was studied, it was detected that although there was
Table 3. Evaluation of the grades of the participants' basic psychological needs, performance failure appraisal and task and ego orientation in sport according to branch variable
Dimensions Branch N X Mean Rank Mean Total U p
Need for Autonomy Direct Indirect 344 207 20.18 19.65 283.51 263.52 97526.50 54549.50 33021.50 .152
Need for Competence Direct Indirect 344 207 20.92 20.36 283.74 263.14 97605.50 54470.50 32942.50 .140
Need for Relationship Direct Indirect 344 207 28.77 27.71 288.01 256.04 99076.00 53000.00 31472.00 .022*
Fear of Lowering Direct 344 7.50 278.05 95647.50
someone's Self-Judgment Value Indirect 207 7.41 272.60 56428.50 34900.50 .694
Fear of Unclear Future Direct Indirect 344 207 10.38 9.78 291.53 250.20 100285.00 51791.00 30263.00 .003**
Fear of Disappointing Important People Direct Indirect 344 207 13.98 14.06 274.63 278.27 94473.50 57602.50 35133.50 .794
Fear of Experiencing Direct 344 18.10 274.61 94466.50
Shame and Embarrassment Indirect 207 18.20 278.31 57609.50 35126.50 .791
Fear of Wasting Attention of Important People Direct Indirect 344 207 10.34 10.84 266.89 291.14 91809.50 60266.50 32469.50 .082
Task Orientation Direct Indirect 344 207 19.62 18.88 283.99 262.73 97691.50 54384.50 32856.50 .127
Ego Orientation Direct Indirect 344 207 22.53 21.91 283.44 263.64 97502.50 54573.50 33045.50 .157
Note: *p < .05; **p < .01
no significant difference between genders in terms of Fear of Unclear Future, mean scores of males were higher than of females [20].
It was found that as the age of participants went up, their fear of unclear future, of experiencing shame and embarrassment, and task orientation also increased. When we looked at these results, we saw that it was also the same for gender varieties. According to the results, age variable of elite athletes was tried to be discussed primarily in terms of relationship sub-dimension under basic psychological needs, secondarily in terms of fear of unclear future, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment and task orientation sub-dimensions under fear of failure. It was seen that as age of elite athletes increased, their needs for relationship also increased. In his study towards wrestlers, Bayraktar concluded that as the athletes' age increased, their needs for relationship increased as well [22]. In his study, Atalay found that need for relationship for 18-27 age groups was dominant [23]. In their study towards sports sciences students, Sari et al. found that age variable was not a significant difference in terms of need for relationship [24]. Recently in a study of Kim published in Emotion by APA Publishing, it was detected that people who struggled with the potential uncertainness of future and its lexical blur (or people felt he/she had to overcome) and saw this uncertainness of future as a threat had an
extremely big stratum area [25].
This brain area called stratum was known for its relation with general anxiety and anxiety disorder according to the previous studies and data. In the study published by American Psychological Association, Kim revealed that there was a connection between individual's overcoming of uncertainness of future / not seeing this as a problem and the intensity of gray matter in a certain area of the brain [25]. Fear of failure is a part of the domination struggle on our important issues, and it is inevitable and innate [26]. Weiner stated that stability increased the priority of future performance and instability increased uncertainness perception of future performance [27]. Weiner et al. interpreted individuals' success and failure in four categories which were skill, difficulty, effort and luck [28]. He expressed these for reasonable statements in three reasonable aspects which were focus of audit, stability and inspect ability. According to Wiener, these aspects were related to emotions such as anger, self-reproach, despair, pity, embarrassment and pride. Since Freud stated that main reason of fear of shame and embarrassment was worry, we might think fear of shame and embarrassment athletes had was resulted from worry [29]. Treasure, Carpenter and Power found that age variable had an effect on task orientation of football players [30]. In a study held with the students of Kocaeli University School of Physical
Education and Sports regarding athletes' task orientation, no significant difference between task and aim orientation and age variable was found. It was observed that as age increased, task orientation pointed increase [31]. In his study of "Relation Between Task Orientation on Amateur and Professional Football Players and Perceived Motivational Atmosphere", Ungur suggested that there was no relation between age and task orientation [32].
It was determined that level of "need for relationship" and "fear of unclear future" of athletes whose branches were direct was higher than the ones whose branches were indirect. When we studied the findings, it was seen that sports which had direct branches had a higher level of need for relationship under basic psychological needs and fear of unclear future sub-dimension under fear of failure. When we analyzed Unlu towards pre-service teachers of physical education and sports, it was found out that there was a significant difference in basic psychological needs in terms of branch variable. It was also found that athletes with team sports had higher need for relationship in comparison with the ones doing individual sports [33]. Bilge stated that there was no significant difference between national athletes and non-athletes in terms of basic psychological needs [34]. There was no significant difference between team sports and individual ones in terms of psychological needs. It was seen that our study had findings in reverse.
than males.
It was revealed that as the age of the participants went up, their needs for relationship, fear of unclear future, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment, and task orientation increase.
It was found out that participants who had direct branches had higher "need for relationship" and "fear of unclear future" in comparison with the ones who had indirect branches.
Highlights
Females had lower fear of "unclear future" and "experiencing shame and embarrassment" than males.
The age of the participants went up, their needs for relationship, fear of unclear future, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment, and task orientation increase.
Direct branches had higher "need for relationship" and "fear of unclear future" in comparison with the ones who had indirect branches.
Acknowledgment
We gratefully acknowledge the help of all the participant who took part in the study.
Funding
The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Conclusion
It was concluded that females had lower fear of "unclear future" and "experiencing shame and embarrassment"
Conflict of interests
The authors state that there is no conflict of interest.
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$eker R.; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-7113; r.seker@hotmail.com; Department of Recreation, High School of Physical Education and Sports, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University; Tayfur Sokmen Campus, 31040, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey.
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§eker R. Effects of elite athletes' aim orientation on basic psychological needs and fear of failure. Pedagogics, psychology, medical-biological problems of physical training and sports, 2019;23(3):155-161. https://doi.org/10.15561/18189172.2019.0308
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Received: 02.04.2019
Accepted: 29.04.2019; Published: 29.06.2019
