Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.
The dataset consists of responses to a survey conducted among competitive athletes who train as part of a team or training group. The survey was conducted as part of a master's thesis examining the relationship between perceived motivational climate and social comparison among athletes.
The survey first examined social comparison between members of a training group or team. Respondents were asked, for example, how much attention they paid to the performance of other athletes and how they evaluated their own performance in relation to other group members. The survey then explored the motivational climate within the training group or team. Respondents were asked to assess, among other things, whether athletes encouraged each other to learn and improve and whether effort and personal development were valued within the group. They were also asked about the coach's behaviour, including whether the coach favoured certain athletes, paid more attention to the best-performing athletes than to others, or encouraged athletes to compete with one another.
Background variables include age, gender, and type of sport (individual or team sport).
The data were collected through an online Webropol survey. The invitation to participate in the study and a link to the questionnaire were sent to nine sports academies to be forwarded to athletes by email. One of the sports academies conducted the data collection centrally among a few groups. In addition, the researcher shared the survey through their own social media channels, such as Instagram and LinkedIn, and sought to raise awareness of the study and reach eligible participants through snowball sampling.