Motivation Levels of Under-20 Soccer Players by Match Playtime, Minas Gerais 2015

A 2015 study assessed 112 federated athletes (average age 18.58 years) participating in Minas Gerais’s Under-20 Football Championship. The research compared motivation levels, measured via the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS), between players with long (≥75%) and short (≤25%) playtime in the championship's qualifying rounds. The dataset likely contains survey responses and playtime metrics from 48 official referee report forms.

Use Cases

• Compare intrinsic motivation and self-determination scores based on athlete playtime categories.
• Analyze the relationship between match participation time and athlete demotivation in a competitive setting.
• Model psychological factors influencing performance in youth soccer tournaments.
• Validate the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) instrument within a specific athlete cohort and competition context.

Strengths

• Data is based on a specific cohort of 112 athletes with a defined average age of 18.58 years.
• Motivation was assessed using a standardized instrument, the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS).
• Playtime was objectively registered from 48 official referee report forms for the championship's qualifying rounds.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single championship in 2015, which may limit generalizability to other contexts or time periods.

Provenance

Source

Maurício José de Souza Filho via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Survey data collection using the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) and analysis of official match reports.

Time Range

2015

Geography

Minas Gerais, Brazil