Table 7.

Correlation Test Results for Sports Competition Rumination and Sport-Specific Achievement Motivation Among Professional Athletes

Correlations
		Sports Competition Rumination Total	Power-Oriented Motivation	Approach Motivation	Motivation to Avoid Failure	Sport-Specific Achievement Motivation
Sports Competition Rumination Total	Pearson Correlation	1	-0.037	0.147**	0.138**	0.105**
	Sig. (2-tailed)		0.347	0.000	0.000	0.007
	N	657	657	657	657	657
Power-Oriented Motivation	Pearson Correlation	-0.037	1	0.357**	0.347**	0.705**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.347		0.000	0.000	0.000
	N	657	657	657	657	657
Approach Motivation	Pearson Correlation	0.147**	0.357**	1	0.673**	0.873**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000	0.000		0.000	0.000
	N	657	657	657	657	657
Motivation to Avoid Failure	Pearson Correlation	0.138**	0.347**	0.673**	1	0.816**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000	0.000	0.000		0.000
	N	657	657	657	657	657
Sport-Specific Achievement Motivation	Pearson Correlation	0.105**	0.705**	0.873**	0.816**	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.007	0.000	0.000	0.000
	N	657	657	657	657	657

**Note: Correlations are Pearson coefficients. *p < 0.01 (two-tailed)