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The relationship between multidimensional perfectionism and passion in junior athletes

Curran, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0003-2443-5079, Hill, Andrew P., Jowett, Gareth E. and Mallinson, Sarah H. (2014) The relationship between multidimensional perfectionism and passion in junior athletes. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 45. 369 - 384.

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Abstract

Research suggests that self-oriented perfectionism and socially prescribed perfectionism have unique and distinct motivational properties that are evident among junior athletes. Likewise, harmonious and obsessive passions encompass distinctive patterns of motivation. Based on suggestions that different dimensions of perfectionism may be associated with varying types of passion, the aim of the current study was to test the possibility that self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism could be distinguished based on their relationship with harmonious and obsessive passion in junior athletes. Two hundred and forty-nine athletes (M age = 16.07, SD = 2.22) competing in various youth sports completed measures of perfectionism and passion. Multiple regression and canonical correlation analyses indicated that self-oriented perfectionism predicted higher levels of both types of passion. In contrast, socially prescribed perfectionism predicted only obsessive passion. The findings provide an initial indication that the motivational differences between self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism extend to the types of passion they engender. The findings also provide additional insight into the patterns of motivation that are likely to arise from the two dimensions of perfectionism in junior athletes.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2015 International Journal of Sport Psychology
Divisions: Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Date Deposited: 09 Sep 2019 11:48
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024 23:45
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/101566

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