Peer-Created Motivational Climate

Abstract

Learning Objectives On completion of this chapter, the reader should have 1. understanding of the importance of studying perceptions of the peer motivational climate in youth sport; 2. knowledge of how young athletes perceive different facets of the peer motivational climate; 3. capacity to describe the relationship of different dimensions of the peer motivational climate to young athletes’ motivational indices; 4. awareness of future research directions that aim to enhance our understanding of the antecedents and consequences of the peer motivational climate; and 5. knowledge of appropriate guidelines for building a task-involving peer motivational climate.