Attributional study on the reasons for success and failure in sports based on the modality practiced

  • P. Malico Sousa Laboratorio de Ciencias Morfofuncionales del Deporte. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Córdoba. España.
  • A. Rosado Departamento de Ciencias del Deporte. Facultad de Motricidad Humana. Universidad Técnica de Lisboa. Portugal.
  • T. Cabrita Departamento de Ciencias del Deporte. Facultad de Motricidad Humana. Universidad Técnica de Lisboa. Portugal.
  • J L. Lancho Laboratorio de Ciencias Morfofuncionales del Deporte. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Córdoba. España.
Keywords: Atribuciones causales, Modelo atribucional de Weiner (1979, 1986), Éxito y fracaso deportivo, Escala de dimensión causal (CDSII), Modalidad practicada Causal attribution, Weiner's attributional model (1979, 1986), Sporting success and failure, Causal Dimension Scale II, Type of sport Atribuições causais, Modelo de atribuição de Weiner (1979, 1986), Sucesso e fracasso desportivo, Escala de dimensão causal (CDSII), Modalidade praticada

Abstract

Purpose. Determine the role of causal attributions in the sports context based on the modality practiced.

Methods. The sample was made up of 338 athletes, aged from 16 to 38 years (mean = 23.73; standard deviation: 5.86), who participated in federated sports competitions, in the Olympic events of soccer (n = 192), athletism (n = 100) and fencing (n = 46). Causal attributions were evaluated using the Causal Dimension Scale II (CDSII: McAuley, Duncan & Russell, 1992), in regards to Weiner's tridimensional attributional theory of motivations and emotion (1979-1986), in a version translated and adapted for the Portuguese population by Fonseca (1993).

Results. Soccer players classified their best results as more internal, less unstable and more personally-controllable causes than those cited by those practicing athletism and fencing (individual sports). Comparison between the two individual sports showed that fencers tended to attribute their failures to more internal and more personally-controllable causes than those practicing athletism.

Conclusions. These data on perceptions of sporting success and failure suggest a relationship between the type of sport engaged in and the perceived causality of more positive and negative outcomes.

Published
2018-05-01
Issue
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2008): December 2008
Section
Originals
Page/s
108-15