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- Title
Peer-initiated motivational climate, mental health and adherence in competitive youth sport.
- Authors
McLaren, Colin D; Shanmugaratnam, Achuthan; Bruner, Mark W
- Abstract
Through interactions with important social agents (coaches, parents, and peers), youth athletes will infer that being successful in sport falls somewhere along the continuum between (a) improvement and hard work and (b) winning at all costs. The environment created as a result of these interactions has important implications for athlete mental health and future sport participation. This study examined the relationships between peer-initiated motivational climate, athlete wellbeing, and intention to return to the team. Youth athletes (N = 130; M age = 13.45 years) from nine competitive ice hockey teams completed a questionnaire near the end of season. Using mixed-effects linear modeling, findings revealed that a task-related peer climate significantly predicted wellbeing (β = 0.32, 95% CI [0.18, 0.47]) and intention to return (β = 0.43, 95% CI [0.17, 0.68]), whereas an ego-related peer climate was not significantly related to wellbeing (β = 0.10, 95% CI [−0.07, 0.26]) or intentions to return (β = −0.29, 95% CI [−0.58, 0.01]).
- Subjects
MENTAL health; ATHLETES' health; MOTIVATION (Psychology); COACH-athlete relationships; HOCKEY; WELL-being; SPORTS participation; OLDER athletes
- Publication
International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 2, p851
- ISSN
1747-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/17479541231179879