Relationship between Achievement goal Orientation of female Track runner university students and perceived motivational climate in sprint and endurance events

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between achievement goal orientation and perceptions of motivational climate in track runner and distance university students. For this reason, 38 College runners including 20 Distance Runner (11 males and 9 females) and 18 Sprint Runner (8 males and 10 females) were selected by random sampling. Data collection was performed by two Achievement Goal Orientation (AGOQ) and Perceived Motivational Climate Questionnaires (PMCQ). Result showed that there aren't significant differences between ego and task orientations and mastery and performance climate perceptions in distance and sprint runners while significant differences were observed between ego and task orientations in distance and sprint runners. Also there was significant and positive relationship between ego orientation and performance climate perceptions in distance runners (r=0.476, P<0.05). Furthermore, significant positive relationships were observed between ego and task orientations (r=0.721, P<0.05), and ego orientation and performance climate perceptions (r=0.48, P<0.05) in sprint runners. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.