Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Extrinsic And Intrinsic Motivation Among Elite And Non-Elite Women Cricketers Of Pakistan
Ammara Rubab , Yasmeen Iqbal
Abstract
The current study aimed to investigate the correlation of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation among elite and non-elite women cricketers of Pakistan. Further, the impact of motivation on sports performance was also analyzed. A purposive sampling technique was employed and the study group comprised 200 (elite= 100 , non-elite= 100) women cricketers from different regions of Pakistan. The Sports Motivation Scale (Palletier et al., 1995) and Athlete Subjective Performance Scale (Nahum et al., 2016) were used in the study. The collected data was analysed on SPSS version 23.0 using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlation, and linear regression. As a result, a high level of positive correlation between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation among elite (r = 0.981?? , p < 0.001) and non-elite (r = 0.991?? , p < 0.001) was determined. In addition, it was reported that intrinsic motivation-to know and external regulation had the highest correlation with each other among elite (r = 0.987?? , p < 0.001) and non-elite (r = 1.000?? , p < 0.001) women cricketers. Further, the impact of motivation on sports performance was also found significant in elite ( R 2 = 0.117, p < 0.001) and non-elite (R 2 = 0.118, p < 0.001) respondents. Motivation is a key factor in sports participation and the development of an athlete’s peak performance. The results obtained from this study will be very effective for organizers as well as women cricketers as it can offer them an inside view and enriched knowledge on how motivation works when participating in sports, which in turn can influence their approach to training in particular ways that can keep them motivated.
Pages: 6611-6622
Keywords: Intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, elite, non-elite, Sports performance.