The self-determination theory (SDT; Deci and Ryan, 1985; Ryan and Deci, 2000) postulates that the motivational climate created by the coach is related to the motivation of athletes via the satisfaction of their psychological needs (Reinboth, Duda and Ntoumanis, 2004). The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between the interpersonal styles that athletes perceive the coach to generate (ie autonomy support, and controlling style), the competence need (satisfaction and frustration), and motivational regulations in high performance sport. A set of questionnaires was administered to 239 high performance athletes (117 woman, 122 man) with a mean age of 23.37 years (SD = 5.7) who participated in a variety of sports. The bivariate correlation results showed that the autonomy support style was positively associated with the competence perception (r = .24, p < .01, but not with frustration of competence). While the controlling style was negatively associated with the perception of competence (r = -.13, p < .05) and positively associated with the frustration of competence (r = .27, p < .01). The satisfaction of competence was associated positively with autonomous motivation (r = .24, p < .01) and negatively with controlled motivation (r = -.21, p < .01). The frustration of competence was related positively with controlled motivation (r = .21, p < .01) and amotivation (r = . 20, p < .01). In conclusion, this work partially supports the postulates of SDT within high-performance sports.
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