European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 15, 7 (2022) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2021.011

Athletes’ motivation, anxiety, and locus of control at the Brazilian powerchair football national championship

Angela Nogueira Neves1*, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti2,3, Joelson Guilherme de Almeida4, Míriam Raquel Meira Mainenti1, Patrícia dos Santos Vigário4
1 Physical Education School of Brazilian Army, Division of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 São Judas Tadeu University, Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, São Paulo, Brazil
3 Paulista University - UNIP, Physical Education Department, São José do Rio Pardo, Brazil
4 Augusto Motta University Centre, Post-Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The aim of this study was to evaluate motivation, competitive anxiety, locus of control and their associations with performance and training parameters. This cross-sectional study included 24 male athletes (Mage = 28.3 years, SD = 11.0) who were approached during the functional classification session, the day prior to the start of the Brazilian Powerchair Football National Championship and invited to participate in the study. The Sports Motivation Scale-II, Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2, and Locus of Control in Sports Scale were used to collect data. From the results, autonomous motivation was more prominent than controlled motivation and amotivation. In addition, athletes were more self-confident than anxious and more frequently perceived internal and external locus of control than a “greater forces” locus. Internal locus of control was correlated with years of practice, hours of training, and sessions per week. Furthermore, cognitive and somatic anxiety were positively correlated with training sessions per week. Long-term follow-up of these athletes would allow better understanding how to promote and maintain a positive athletic psychological profile, ultimately affecting sports performance.

Keywords: disability; sport; psychological profile

Received: November 30, 2020; Revised: October 4, 2021; Accepted: November 2, 2021; Prepublished online: March 1, 2022; Published online: July 13, 2022  Show citation

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Neves, A.N., Zanetti, M.C., de Almeida, J.G., Mainenti, M.R.M., & dos Santos Vigário, P. (2022). Athletes’ motivation, anxiety, and locus of control at the Brazilian powerchair football national championship. European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity, 15, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.5507/euj.2021.011
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