Comparison of Perceived Motivational Climate in Athletes: Scrutiny Differences Related to Gender and Sports Field Type

The aim of this study was to compare the perceived motivational climate among male and female athletes in team sports. The athletes 269 from 12th Iranian student sport Olympia completed the PMCSQ-2 questionnaire. The MANOVA analysis showed significant difference between men and women in self-punishment in ego-orientation dimension and also¡ showed significant difference between the three different teams in self-oriented dimensions and in important role & cooperative learning subscales. It can be said that studied scales were the factors that influence the psychological preparation and suggested that coaches and sport psychologists¡ consider to climate in sports teams according to gender and sport as one of the effective factors on sports performance .