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How is coaches’ social identity leadership related to mental health in elite athletes? The mediating role of satisfaction with performance

Cristina López de Subijana, Joan Pons, Clifford J. Mallett

Journal of Sports Sciences · 2024

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= 4.1; 62% women, 38% men) answered questionnaires measuring coaches' social identity leadership, sport performance satisfaction and mental health. The overall structural equation model (SEM) accounted for 36% and 19% of the variances in athletes' mental health and mental illness dimensions, respectively. There was a positive association between perceived coaches' social identity leadership and sport performance satisfaction, explaining 10% of its variance. Coaches' social identity leadership predicted athletes' mental health but not mental illness. Sport performance satisfaction positively influenced mental health and negatively impacted mental illness. Fostering a sense of "we" and "us" within elite sport training groups is instrumental in promoting sport performance satisfaction and, co

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1080/02640414.2024.2425908
Catalogue ID
SNmojg05iv-4b68lt
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