The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among achievement goal orientation, maturity and performance satisfaction of track and field athletes. To achieve the purpose, 283 subjects from middle and high school, college and general athl...
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among achievement goal orientation, maturity and performance satisfaction of track and field athletes. To achieve the purpose, 283 subjects from middle and high school, college and general athletes who are currently enrolled in Korea Athletic Federation, sampled by the cluster random sampling method. The survey questionnaire were 1) the goal orientation developed by Duda(1992) and standardized in the Korea language by Kim(2001);2) the questionnaire for athlete`s maturity developed by Hersey and Blanchard(1997) and translated by Kim(1995);and 3) performance satisfaction questionnaire developed by Chae(1997). The statistical methods utilized in the study for analyzing the collected data were factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlate analysis and covariance structure analysis using SPSS 13.0 and AMOS 5.0. The following results were obtained: The relationships among achievement goal orientation, maturity and performance satisfaction of track and field athletes were the causal relation. First, achievement goal orientation statistically and significantly influences maturity in track and field athletes. Second, achievement goal orientation statistically and significantly influences performance satisfaction in track and field athletes. Third, maturity statistically and significantly influences performance satisfaction in track and field athletes.