Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment
Controlling coaching style is a key predictor of athletes’ fear of failure, but the mediating mechanisms underlying this relationship require further exploration. Based on the self-determination theory (SDT) and the hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (HMIEM), this study investi...
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| description | Controlling coaching style is a key predictor of athletes’ fear of failure, but the mediating mechanisms underlying this relationship require further exploration. Based on the self-determination theory (SDT) and the hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (HMIEM), this study investigated the effect of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure, as well as the chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment. A questionnaire survey of 252 active athletes was administrated using scales for fear of failure, controlling coaching style, sport commitment, and basic psychological needs. The results indicated that a controlling coaching style was negatively correlated with basic psychological needs and indirectly affected athletes’ fear of failure via basic psychological needs and constrained commitment. The chain mediating effect of basic psychological needs on enthusiastic commitment was not significant, but it was for constrained commitment. In conclusion, the impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure via basic psychological needs is manifested through the strengthening of constrained commitment rather than the weakening of enthusiastic commitment. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of why and how a controlling coaching style influences athletes’ fear of failure. Coaches should seek more scientific and effective ways to instruct their athletes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1c67780527249a0b9c9b99d6be2f3892023-02-03T06:06:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-02-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11069161106916Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitmentQing Hu0Peng Li1Bo Jiang2Bo Liu3School of Educational Science, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Educational Science, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing, ChinaHuaqiao Jishan Middle School, Suzhou, ChinaControlling coaching style is a key predictor of athletes’ fear of failure, but the mediating mechanisms underlying this relationship require further exploration. Based on the self-determination theory (SDT) and the hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (HMIEM), this study investigated the effect of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure, as well as the chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment. A questionnaire survey of 252 active athletes was administrated using scales for fear of failure, controlling coaching style, sport commitment, and basic psychological needs. The results indicated that a controlling coaching style was negatively correlated with basic psychological needs and indirectly affected athletes’ fear of failure via basic psychological needs and constrained commitment. The chain mediating effect of basic psychological needs on enthusiastic commitment was not significant, but it was for constrained commitment. In conclusion, the impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure via basic psychological needs is manifested through the strengthening of constrained commitment rather than the weakening of enthusiastic commitment. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of why and how a controlling coaching style influences athletes’ fear of failure. Coaches should seek more scientific and effective ways to instruct their athletes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1106916/fullcontrolling coaching stylebasic psychological needfear of failuresports commitmententhusiastic commitmentconstrained commitment |
| spellingShingle | Qing Hu Peng Li Bo Jiang Bo Liu Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment Frontiers in Psychology controlling coaching style basic psychological need fear of failure sports commitment enthusiastic commitment constrained commitment |
| title | Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment |
| title_full | Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment |
| title_fullStr | Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment |
| title_short | Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment |
| title_sort | impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes fear of failure chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment |
| topic | controlling coaching style basic psychological need fear of failure sports commitment enthusiastic commitment constrained commitment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1106916/full |
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