PROGNOSTIC OF THE PERCEIVED COMPETENCE THROUGH MOTIVATION IN PRACTITIONERS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE

Introduction: The main objective of this work was to prove the prognostic power of the motivational atmosphere, the dispositional orientation and the self-determined motivation about the perceived competence in physical exercises practitioners in fi tness centers. Materials and Methods: We measured, on 727 physical practitioners of exercises, the motivational atmosphere, the orientation, the disposal, self-determined motivation and the perceived motor competence. Results: The results showed that the perception of an atmosphere that implied to the ego presented a negative and signifi cant relation with the perception of an atmosphere which implied the task, and a negative and signifi cant relation with the motivational orientation of approximation to effi ciency. It was also found a positive and signifi cant association between the perception of an atmosphere that implied the mastery and the motivational orientation of approximation to the mastery and avoidance to effi ciency. Discussion: The analysis of the regression perceived that both the orientation to the approximation to effi ciency and the mastery and the intrinsic regulation were the factors that better predicted the perceived motor competence. Concerning the sex, men presented a greater atmosphere and approximation to the ego, a better competence perception, while women got greater values in the atmosphere task and intrinsic motivation. The results regarding the prognostic of the perceived competence in practitioners of physical exercise were discussed.