Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate, Self-Esteem, and Autonomous Motivation in Young Athletes: Testing Propositions from Achievement Goal and Self-Determination Theories

Table 1

Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations among motivational climate, self-esteem, and autonomy scores at each measurement period.

	Self-esteem^1	Self-esteem^2	Self-esteem^3	Autonomy^1	Autonomy^2	Autonomy^3	Mean (SD)
Mastery climate^1	.31*	.28*	.28*	.36*	.38*	.37*	30.31 (3.61)
Mastery climate^2	.31*	.36*	.36*	.32*	.42*	.43*	30.15 (3.65)
Mastery climate^3	.26*	.34*	.45*	.26*	.24*	.41*	30.43 (3.81)
Ego climate^1	−.37*	−.38*	−.36*	−.41*	−.43*	−.43*	15.99 (4.94)
Ego climate^2	−.31*	−.40*	−.37*	−.35*	−.42*	−.42*	15.12 (4.87)
Ego climate^3	−.20*	−.29*	−.40*	−.28*	−.33*	−.48*	14.90 (4.78)
Self-esteem^1	—	.69*	.55*	.34*	.23*	.34*	46.58 (6.14)
Self-esteem^2	—	—	.82*	.40*	.39*	.33*	46.53 (7.26)
Self-esteem^3	—	—	—	.34*	.31*	.40*	47.03 (7.00)
Autonomy^1	.34*	.40*	.34*	—	.68*	.62*	20.72 (13.80)
Autonomy^2	.23*	.39*	.33*	—	—	.76*	20.81 (13.80)
Autonomy^3	.24*	.31*	.40*	—	—	—	23.69 (13.43)

* 𝑃<.01, ¹early season, ²mid season, ³late season.