Relations of Women Exercisers' Mastery and Performance Goals to Traits, Fitness, and Preferred Styles of Instructors

• Published in: Perceptual and motor skills Vol. 97; no. 3; pp. 939 - 950
• Main Authors: Harju, Beverly L., Twiddy, Sarah E., Cope, John G., Eppler, Marion E., McCammon, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2003; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adult; Choice Behavior; Exercise; Female; Goals; Humans; Motivation; Physical Fitness; Psychomotor Performance; Social Desirability; Teaching; Women

This study addressed the influence of both mastery and performance goals of 144 women (M = 21.8 yr.) exercising at a campus fitness center. Five goal patterns were compared: mastery alone, performance alone, both-low, mastery-performance, and, performance-mastery. These five patterns were compared i...