Table 2.
Principal components analysis on task and ego orientations for participation in football/tennis
| Construct/item “I feel/felt successful as a tennis/football player when…” |
Task orientation | Ego orientation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Something I learned makes me want to go and practice more | 0.81 | 0.21 | |
| I learned something that was very fun to do | 0.79 | 0.10 | |
| I learned a new skill by trying very hard | 0.78 | 0.17 | |
| I did my very best | 0.77 | 0.17 | |
| I learned a new skill and it made me want to practice more | 0.77 | 0.24 | |
| I worked really hard | 0.74 | 0.21 | |
| A skill I learned really felt right | 0.73 | 0.32 | |
| I was the best | 0.10 | 0.86 | |
| The others couldn’t do as well as me | 0.08 | 0.86 | |
| I could do better than my teammates | 0.25 | 0.81 | |
| I contributed most to the victory | 0.24 | 0.74 | |
| I was the only one who could do the play or skill | 0.40 | 0.63 | |
| Others messed up and I didn’t | 0.22 | 0.62 | |
| Eigenvalues | 6.18 | 2.11 | |
| Explained variance, % | 34.71 | 29.04 | |
| Explained variance, cumulative % | 34.71 | 63.75 | |
| Cronbach’s alpha (based on standardized items) | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| Scale mean | 3.71 | 3.122 | 3.41 |