Psychological profiles of elite school sports players in Singapore

Results. Results revealed three-distinct clusters with 33% of the sample with an 'amotivated' profile, 48% in a 'highly motivated' cluster and 19% in a 'high task-mastery' cluster. These three clusters differed significantly in their beliefs about the purposes of sport. Also, 'amotivated' students were less likely to endorse 'mastery and physically active lifestyle' and 'being a good citizen' as purposes of sport compared to the other two clusters (both Ps <0.05). The main difference between the 'highly motivated' and 'high task-mastery' clusters was that the former were more likely to endorse 'gaining social status' as one of the main purposes of sport (P <0.05).