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Ideal football culture: A cultural take on self‐determination theory
Author(s) -
Cresswell James,
Rogers Cody,
Halvorsen Jon,
Bonfield Stephan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/jtsb.12199
Subject(s) - deci , self determination theory , psychology , cognitive reframing , nature versus nurture , social psychology , individualism , cultural psychology , ideal (ethics) , value (mathematics) , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , autonomy , machine learning , political science , anthropology , computer science , law
This paper discusses cultural psychology and psychological training in football (soccer). Self‐Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1980) has shown to be pragmatically successful in sport and suggests that being regulated by autonomous forms of motivation leads to better psychological outcomes. Cultural psychologists would be tempted to dismiss SDT because it is predicated on an a‐cultural approach to mind. It is possible to nurture a stronger and more effective team culture by reframing SDT in a cultural direction. As such, this paper outlines a cultural approach that reconceptualizes SDT in a way that retains the latter's pragmatic value while not approaching mind in a self‐contained individualist manner.