Open AccessPARENTAL ROLE IN CHILDREN’S SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ACHIEVEMENT GOAL AND SELF- DETERMINATION THEORIES
Author(s) -
Enrika Kromerova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
baltic journal of sport and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-8347
pISSN - 2351-6496
DOI - 10.33607/bjshs.v2i105.22
Subject(s) - psychology , psychosocial , athletes , developmental psychology , context (archaeology) , id, ego and super ego , social psychology , task (project management) , need for achievement , goal orientation , psychotherapist , medicine , paleontology , management , economics , biology , physical therapy
Background. Aiming at understanding what influences youth sports experiences, researchers emphasize thesignificance of the role of the family not only in the decision to get engaged in sports activities, but also in theinclination to continue the activities. The increasing emphasis is on parental involvement and the impact of positiveand negative verbal behaviour influence on the psychosocial state of children engaged in sport. The aim of thisarticle was a conceptual overview of the family role, as the most significant microenvironment, in children’s sportsactivities.Methods. Analysis and discussion of scientific literature.Results. Parental behaviour entails different reactions of children engaged in sports, but on the basis of self-determination and achievement goal theories, it can be argued that the behaviour of the family should encourageathletes’ mastery orientation, and consequently, a more pro-social conduct and moral reasoning can be expected.Conclusions. Systematic literature review showed that both theories are in favour of actions and strategy, withreference to parents’ encouragement to involve children in a task, while reducing their ego functioning. It can beconcluded that parents perceive their behaviour differently from that of their children, so often parents’ positivereinforcement can have a negative impact on athletes’ psychosocial state, values, behaviour and goal-setting atpresent and in the future.