ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024
Empowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development.
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- Indirect Associations Between Perceived Coach-Athlete Relationship Quality and Mental Health Through Competitive State Self-Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Hungarian Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Combined vs. Single-Source Supportive Communication from Parents and Coaches on Mental Health and Self-Regulation in Adolescent Football Players.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Burnout, recovery, and flow in youth high-performance athletes: a multilevel mixed-methods examination of mental health and psychological functioning in Chinese athletes.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Perceived coach support and competitive information processing among elite athletes: the mediating role of self-regulation ability.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction and personal growth initiative among female college students in Western China: a chain mediation effect.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Fostering self-efficacy in Chinese university athletes: the mediating roles of psychological resilience and emotional regulation and the moderating role of autonomy-supportive coaching.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The 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. Methods: Data were collected from 325 youth athletes and their coaches across training facilities and schools in China, and analyzed using structural equation modeling in SmartPLS. Results: Results 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. Discussion: These 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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