The Promotion of top performing athletes in both sporting and academic domains: A longitudinal study to assess the current structure of sporting motives and self-regulation competencies.

Sebastian Schröder

doi:10.24310/jpehm.7.1.2025.22177

Authors

Sebastian Schröder Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/jpehm.7.1.2025.22177

Keywords:

dual career, implicit sporting motives, explicit self-competences, elite sporting schools

Abstract

Introduction: The successful support of talented young athletes is largely characterised by talent scouting, talent retention and optimal talent development. Success must be measured longitudinally in order to demonstrate long-term success. This illustrates the considerable impact of a robust school structure, which is fundamental to sporting success, particularly within the framework of Elite Schools of Sport (EdS). Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the extent to which self-competence is evolving and to provide insights into whether motives are developing in a distinct manner. Methodology: For this purpose, 15 athletes were interviewed at two different points in their education: at time t1, when they were still attending primary school, and at time t2, when they were pupils at an EdS. The SSIK-3 was used to record self-regulation competences, and the OMT to record implicit motives. Results: It is important to note that stress-related items show an increased level of expression after entry into the EdS (mean t1=2.14, mean t2=2.33, p=.396), with self-regulation (p=.070, r=0.48) and self-access decreasing (p=.076, r=0.47). When the correlations between the stress-related scales and the self-competence scales are taken into account, a strong negative correlation with stress becomes apparent, particularly in the areas of volitional behaviour (rt1=-638, p<.005) and self-approach (rt1=-.834, p<.001). Conclusions: Concurrently, the need for affiliation motive has increased, which can be explained by the results indicating that athletes want support systems to help reduce stress. The DUAL²E support concept, on which this article is based, addresses these needs and aims to establish long-term support systems.

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