Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development
IntroductionThe present study investigates how autonomy-supportive coaching style influences youth athlete development through psychological resilience and dispositional optimism. Despite growing interest in factors that contribute to athlete development, gaps remain in understanding how coaching ap...
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| description | IntroductionThe present study investigates how autonomy-supportive coaching style influences youth athlete development through psychological resilience and dispositional optimism. Despite growing interest in factors that contribute to athlete development, gaps remain in understanding how coaching approaches interact with psychological traits to foster youth athletes’ growth. This study addresses these gaps by proposing a serial mediation model in which autonomy-supportive coaching indirectly enhances athlete development through resilience and optimism.MethodsData were collected from 325 youth athletes and their coaches across training facilities and schools in China, and analyzed using structural equation modeling in SmartPLS.ResultsResults indicate that autonomy-supportive coaching style significantly increases psychological resilience, which in turn boosts dispositional optimism, positively impacting athlete development. Both resilience and optimism serially mediate the link between coaching style and athlete growth.DiscussionThese findings emphasize the importance of autonomy-supportive coaching in creating psychologically supportive environments that foster resilience, optimism, and developmental pathways in youth sports. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3e3950edbf0646e0831f1c47fa0cc4322025-01-08T06:11:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.14331711433171Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and developmentNa Zhang0Geng Du1Tao Tao2College of Physical Education and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Sports Training, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaInstitute of Physical Education, Huzhou University, Huzhou, ChinaIntroductionThe present study investigates how autonomy-supportive coaching style influences youth athlete development through psychological resilience and dispositional optimism. Despite growing interest in factors that contribute to athlete development, gaps remain in understanding how coaching approaches interact with psychological traits to foster youth athletes’ growth. This study addresses these gaps by proposing a serial mediation model in which autonomy-supportive coaching indirectly enhances athlete development through resilience and optimism.MethodsData were collected from 325 youth athletes and their coaches across training facilities and schools in China, and analyzed using structural equation modeling in SmartPLS.ResultsResults indicate that autonomy-supportive coaching style significantly increases psychological resilience, which in turn boosts dispositional optimism, positively impacting athlete development. Both resilience and optimism serially mediate the link between coaching style and athlete growth.DiscussionThese findings emphasize the importance of autonomy-supportive coaching in creating psychologically supportive environments that foster resilience, optimism, and developmental pathways in youth sports.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1433171/fullautonomy-supportive leadershipresilience in sportsyouth athlete growthoptimismdevelopmental pathways in sports |
| spellingShingle | Na Zhang Geng Du Tao Tao Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development Frontiers in Psychology autonomy-supportive leadership resilience in sports youth athlete growth optimism developmental pathways in sports |
| title | Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development |
| title_full | Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development |
| title_fullStr | Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development |
| title_short | Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development |
| title_sort | empowering young athletes the influence of autonomy supportive coaching on resilience optimism and development |
| topic | autonomy-supportive leadership resilience in sports youth athlete growth optimism developmental pathways in sports |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1433171/full |
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