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Medicina dello Sport 2020 September;73(3):461-72

DOI: 10.23736/S0025-7826.20.03516-4

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language: English, Italian

Motivation trans-contextual model application in the prediction of veteran athlete’s life satisfaction

Marco BATISTA ¹, Samuel HONÓRIO ¹, Marta LEYTON-ROMAN ², Ruth JIMENEZ-CASTUERA ³ ✉

BACKGROUND: This work presents an application extension of the motivation Trans-contextual Model, specifically in the prediction of veteran athletes’ life satisfaction.
METHODS: A sample of 682 Portuguese veteran athletes of both genders, aged between 30 and 76 years old (M=43.64; SD=8.25) were used, in which, through questionnaires, the following was measured: basic psychological needs satisfaction, motivation, variables of planned behavior and life satisfaction.
RESULTS: The structural equations model showed that social relation perception predicts positively and significantly autonomous motivation. In turn, it predicts attitudes positively and significantly, subjective norms and control perception, predicting these, positively and significantly the intentions. Satisfaction with life is positively and significantly predicted by intentions and control perception.
CONCLUSIONS: From the results reached in this study, it is important to emphasize the importance of fostering social relations, since this will favor autonomous motivation, promoting a higher behavioral control over the practitioners’ intentions, generating greater life satisfaction.

KEY WORDS: Sports; Veterans; Athletes