Study on The Level of Top Athletic Performance Correlated with the Level of Motivation

Abstract

When it comes to top athletic performance, “the way athletes understand and regulate their own emotions is closely related to the motivation to achieve goals in competitions through intensive training” (Laborde et al., 2014). Starting from this premise, we were interested in finding out whether the level of motivation correlates with athletes’ performance. Objective: The aim of this study is to observe the relationship between the level of sports performance and the level of motivation. Methods: A motivation questionnaire was applied to a sample of 60 Romanian athletes. Results: The results of the questionnaires applied to athletes support the hypothesis that a high level of positive intrinsic motivation can correlate with top athletic performance.