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Bulletin of Practical Psychology of Education
2025. Vol. 22, no. 3, 103–118
doi:10.17759/bppe.2025220307
ISSN: 2658-3100 (online)

Perfectionism of parents and sports motivation of children studying in sports schools

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The theme of the work is dictated by the increasingly early professionalization of children's sports, the key concepts of which are perfectionism and motivation. Motivation is a significant predictor of learning achievement and overall well-being of children. In children of primary school age, parental attitudes play a significant role in the formation of motivation, which determine the child's attitude to sports activities in general and to personal achievements in particular. Objective. To study the relationship of parental attitude and perfectionism of mothers with the characteristics of sports motivation and anxiety of primary school-age children enrolled in sports schools. Hypothesis. There is a connection between the type of sports motivation in children-athletes of primary school age and the indicators of perfectionism in their mothers. We also suggested that there is a connection between mothers' perfectionism and their attitude to their children's failures and their desire to control them. Methods and materials. The study involved 42 children aged 7-11 (M = 9.73) enrolled in sports schools and 42 mothers (M = 37.21). The following methods were offered to parents: “R. Frost's Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale” adapted by S.N. Enikolopov and V.A. Yasnaya; “P. Hewitt and G. Flett's Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale” adapted by I.I. Gracheva; “Perfectionism questionnaire” (N.G. Garanyan, A.B. Kholmogorova, T.Yu. Yudeeva); “Parental attitude questionnaire” (A.Ya. Varga, V.V. Stolin). The methods that were identified for children: MD-grid by H.D. Schmalt (motivation test for children aged 9-11 adapted by N.V. Afanasyeva); Sports motivation scale “Why I do sports” (based on the L. Pelletier questionnaire, adapted by S.O. Skachkova). Results. Links have been found between the amotivation of primary school-age children in professional sports and their mothers' preoccupation with assessments from others, fixation on their own imperfections, and perfectionism focused on others. Conclusions. It has been shown that fear of failure, hope for success, amotivation, and extrinsic motivation in child athletes are associated with certain indicators of maternal perfectionism.

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Keywords: psychological work, psychological assistance, post-traumatic stress disorder, special military operation

Journal rubric: Axiological and Personality-Oriented Basis of Cooperation and Interaction of Educational Environment Subjects

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/bppe.2025220307

Acknowledgements. The author is grateful for Daria D. Kolpakova for agreeing to publish part of the research results she carried out during the writing of her master's thesis in 2022 under the scientific supervision of the author of the article.

Received 24.01.2025

Revised 17.03.2025

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For citation: Koval, O.V. (2025). Perfectionism of parents and sports motivation of children studying in sports schools. Bulletin of Practical Psychology of Education, 22(3), 103–118. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/bppe.2025220307

© Koval O.V., 2025

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Oksana V. Koval, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor of the Department of Child and Family Psychotherapy at the Faculty of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-8679, e-mail: koval_ks@mail.ru

Contribution of the authors

Oksana V. Koval — ideas; annotation, writing and design of the manuscript; planning of the research; participated in the analysis and discussion of the results; visualization of research results; control over the research.

Conflict of interest

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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