Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

The mediating role of fear of negative evaluation in relation to communication patterns and motivation to progress in professional athletes

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Farnaz Abhar Zanjani 1
Hassan Touzadeh Jani 2
Parisa Amani 3
1 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Eqbal Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran
2 Department of psychology, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran
3 M.Sc. in clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University , Branch of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
10.22038/jfmh.2020.16163
Abstract
Introduction: Two of the most important psychological structures that affect the quality of performance of professional athletes are the motivation for progress and the fear of negative evaluation. The current study was conducted to investigate the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation in relation to communication patterns with the motivation for progress of professional athletes.
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this descriptive-correlational study included all professional athletes exercising in sports clubs in Mashhad in 2018. Among them 400 cases were selected. They fulfilled the revised scale of Richie and Fitz Patrick's (1990) communication patterns, the Lori Negative Negative Assessment Fear Questionnaire (1983), and the Hermans Progress Motivation Questionnaire (1970). Data was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient test and structural equation modeling.
Results: The findings indicated that 59% of the variance of the fear of negative evaluation and also 62% of the variance of the motivation for progress are explained by the fear of negative evaluation but communication patterns can directly explain 55% of the variance in the intention of progressing.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that the fear of negative evaluation has a mediating role in the relationship between communication patterns and motivation of professional athletes. Also, there is a significant relationship between fear of negative evaluation and communication patterns with motivation to progress.
Keywords
Athletes
Communication
Fear
Motivation
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Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 22, Issue 3
May and June 2020
Pages 163-168