dc.contributor.advisor | Fry, Mary D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hogue, Candace Marie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-03T15:59:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-03T15:59:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11837 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/9803 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine college students' stress responses, as measured by salivary cortisol, in a caring/task-involving climate compared to an ego-involving climate. In addition, the association between motivational climate and motivational responses (i.e., self-reported enjoyment, effort, anxiety, self-confidence, stress, shame, self-consciousness, and intent and excitement to continue juggling) were examined. Participants (n = 107; Mage =19.89 years) were separated by sex (i.e., male and female) and randomly assigned to either a caring/task- or an ego-involving motivational climate where they spent 30 minutes learning how to juggle. Seven salivary cortisol samples were collected over a 2-hour period. Results indicated that participating in the ego-involving climate elicited a significant salivary cortisol spike, while participating in the caring/task-involving climate led to a significant decrease in salivary cortisol levels. In addition, the ego-involving climate participants reported significantly higher levels of cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, stress, shame, and self-consciousness, whereas the caring/task-involving climate participants reported significantly higher levels of effort, enjoyment, self-confidence, and interest and excitement in juggling in the future. The present study builds on goal perspective research by providing physiological evidence that participating in an ego-involving motivational climate can not only result in maladaptive motivational responses but may also elicit a significant cortisol spike. | |
dc.format.extent | 35 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Psychology | |
dc.subject | Achievement goal theory | |
dc.subject | Cortisol | |
dc.subject | Motivational climate | |
dc.subject | Sport performance | |
dc.subject | Sport psychology | |
dc.subject | Stress | |
dc.title | The Influence of a Motivational Climate Intervention on Participant Salivary Cortisol and Motivational Responses | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Fry, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Pressman, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Little, Todd | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.S.Ed. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-3817 | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 7643376 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |