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Social comparison theoryMediation (statistics)biologyAthletesHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesismedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Health030229 sport sciencesAngerbiology.organism_classification050105 experimental psychologyStructural equation modeling03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinePerceptionmedicineHappinessAnxiety0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesmedicine.symptomPsychologySocial psychologymedia_commondescription
The coach-created motivational climate influences variations in athletes’ motivation and emotional experiences. The present study aimed to examine social environmental antecedents of athletes’ emotions. Participants (N = 262, 52% female, M age = 22.75 ± 6.92) completed questionnaires assessing perceptions of coach-created motivational climates, goal orientations, motivation regulations, and emotions. The mediation effects of goal orientations (i.e., task/ego) and motivation regulations (i.e., autonomous/controlled) on the relationship between motivational climate (i.e., empowering/disempowering) and emotions (i.e., happiness, excitement, anxiety, dejection, and anger) were examined. Structural equation modeling revealed positive direct effects of perceptions of an empowering motivational climate on happiness. Indirect effects of empowering climate to happiness and excitement via task orientation and autonomous motivation emerged. Perceptions of a disempowering climate positively predicted anxiety, dejection, and anger via ego orientation and controlled motivation. Overall, the findings have implications for coach education as they highlight the importance of creating more empowering environments and avoiding or reducing social comparisons.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-08 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |