Implicit motives and basic need satisfaction in extreme endurance sports.

Schüler, Julia; Wegner, Mirko; Knechtle, Beat (2014). Implicit motives and basic need satisfaction in extreme endurance sports. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 36(3), pp. 293-302. Human Kinetics Publishers 10.1123/jsep.2013-0191

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Previous research has shown that the effects of basic psychological needs on the flow experience in sports are moderated by implicit motives. However, so far, only leisure and health-oriented sports have been analyzed. In a pilot study and a main study (N = 29, 93), we tested whether the implicit achievement and affiliation motives interact with the need for competence and the need for social relatedness satisfaction, respectively, to predict flow experience and well-being in extreme endurance athletes. Results showed that highly achievement-motivated individuals benefited more from the need for competence satisfaction in terms of flow than individuals with a low achievement motive did. In addition, highly affiliation-motivated individuals whose need for social relatedness is satisfied reported higher positive affect and lower exercise addiction scores than athletes with a low motive. We discuss the differential effects of the interplay between the achievement and affiliation motives and basic needs on different outcome variables.

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