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Achievement goal orientation in universal sports school participants

In the present study 111 children (mean age 9.2 years), participants of universal sports school were investigated. The aim of the study was to determine their structure orientation towards physical exercising. Descriptive analysis showed higher task orientation (TO) (Mean=4.56) and lower ego orientation (EO) (Mean=2.86). Cluster analysis revealed four groups of participants by the level of their EO and TO. Analysis of variance showed significant differences between groups in EO and TO. Post hoc analysis (Fisher LSD test) revealed significant differences between all groups in EO. First group had the lowest and fourth group had the highest values of EO, while the second and the third group were characterized by average values. In TO, children from first, third and fourth group had very high similar values (above 4.5). The only exception were children from the second group, who had significantly lower values of TO than children in other groups.

task orientation; ego orientation; children; cluster analysis; analysis of variance

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