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Kashapov M. M., Loskutova M. E., Ogorodova T. V. Athlete’s Leading Motivations at the Ascending Stage of Professional Development. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology, 2016, vol. 5, iss. 2, pp. 174-179. DOI: 10.18500/2304-9790-2016-5-2-174-179
Athlete’s Leading Motivations at the Ascending Stage of Professional Development
The paper presents the results of an empirical study of the motivational sphere of athletes’ personality. The leading motivations for doing sports identified in groups of athletes at pre-professional, professional and super-professional stages of professional development are general physical activity, comfort, social status, social utility, communication. The paper describes the significance of these motivations, analyses and summarizes the differences in how these motivations are expressed in different groups. The motivation of social utility reaches the maximum level of development during the pre-professional and super-professional stages, while the motivation of communication reaches the level of greatest significance. The paper identifies the leading motivational factors for doing sports, depending on the age of the subject. The key factor for all groups of respondents aged 15–25, 26–40, and 41–60, was the «health-improving motivational factor», while the «social motivational factor» is also important. The «competitive motivational factor» is predominant among the 15–25-year-old athletes.
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