Aineiston nimi

Motivational Climate and Social Comparison in Competitive Sports 2025

Aineistonumero

FSD4100

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4100
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4100

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Leinonen, Suvi (University of Eastern Finland)

Sisällön kuvaus

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).

Asiasanat

group behaviour; motivation; social behaviour; sport; sports; sports participation; sports trainers; sports training; sportspersons

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Leinonen, Suvi (University of Eastern Finland)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2025

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2025-03-31 – 2025-05-13

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Competitive athletes aged 15 and over who train as part of a team or training group in Finland

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

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.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Datan versio

1.0

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Leinonen, Suvi (University of Eastern Finland): Motivational Climate and Social Comparison in Competitive Sports 2025 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-07-01). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4100; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4100

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Leinonen, S. (2026). Motivaatioilmaston yhteys sosiaaliseen vertailuun kilpaurheilussa. Pro gradu -tutkielma, Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Yhteiskunta- ja kauppatieteiden tiedekunta. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uef-20260262