Predicting Sport Experience During Training: The Role of Change Oriented Feedback in Athletes' Motivation, Self Confidence and Needs Satisfaction Fluctuations.
Change oriented feedback (COF) quality is predictive of between athletes differences in their sport experience (Carpentier Mageau, 2013) This study extends these findings by investigating how training to training variations in COF quality influence athletes' training experience (within athlete differences) while controlling for the impact of promotion oriented feedback (POF) In total, 49 athletes completed a diary after 15 consecutive training sessions to assess COF and POF received during training, as well as situational outcomes. Multivariate multilevel analyses showed that, when controlling for covariates, COF quality during a specific training session is positively linked to athletes' autonomous motivation, self confidence and satisfaction of their psychological needs for autonomy and relatedness during the same session. In contrast, COF quantity is negatively linked to athletes' need for competence. POF quality is a significant positive predictor of athletes' self confidence and needs for autonomy and competence. Contributions to the feedback and SDT literature, and for coaches' training, are discussed.
Journal of sport exercise psychology