The influence of achievement motivation and chess-specific motivation on deliberate practice |
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| Authors: | de Bruin Anique B H Rikers Remy M J P Schmidt Henk G |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. |
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| Abstract: | Although the importance of high motivation to engage in deliberate practice has been acknowledged, no research has directly tested this hypothesis. Therefore, the present study examined this relation in adolescent elite chess players by means of a questionnaire. In addition, to provide an explanation for dropout among promising chess players, differences in motivation between persistent and dropout chess players were analyzed. Competitiveness and the will to excel proved to be predictors of investments in deliberate practice. Moreover, achievement motivation and chess-specific motivation differed to a certain extent between persisters and dropouts. Our results suggest that motivation to engage in deliberate practice not only contains elements of the will to improve performance, but also of the will to attain exceptional levels of performance. |
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