Professor Adam Nicholls A.Nicholls@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Psychology/ Leader of the Sport Psychology and Coaching Group
Professor Adam Nicholls A.Nicholls@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Psychology/ Leader of the Sport Psychology and Coaching Group
Keith Earle
Professor Fiona Earle F.Earle@hull.ac.uk
Professor in Psychology
Daniel J. Madigan
All football teams that compete within the F. A. Premier League possess an academy, whose objective is to produce more and better home-grown players that are capable of playing professionally. These young players spend a large amount of time with their coach, but little is known about player’s perception of the coach-athlete relationship within F.A. Premier League Academies. The objectives of this study were to examine whether perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship changed over six months and if the coach-athlete relationship predicted self-reported goal achievement among F. A. Premier League academy players. This study included cross-sectional (n = 104) and longitudinal (n = 52) assessments, in which academy soccer players completed a measure of the coach-athlete relationship and goal achievement across either one or two time periods. The cross-sectional data were subjected to bivariate correlations, whereas the longitudinal data were analyzed using multiple regressions. Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship remained stable over time. The coach-athlete relationship predicted the achievement of mastery goals six months later. Enhancing the quality of the coach-athlete relationship among elite adolescent athletes appears to be a suitable way of maximizing mastery achievement goals, particularly among developmental athletes who participate in team sports.
Nicholls, A. R., Earle, K., Earle, F., & Madigan, D. J. (2017). Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00684
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 3, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | May 18, 2017 |
Publication Date | May 18, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Apr 5, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 18, 2017 |
Journal | Frontiers in psychology |
Electronic ISSN | 1664-1078 |
Publisher | Frontiers Media |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 8 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00684 |
Keywords | Coaching, Goal attainment, Performance, Mastery-approach goals, Relationships, Coach behaviour |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/450360 |
Publisher URL | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00684/abstract |
Additional Information | This is a description of an article which has been accepted for future publication in: Frontiers in psychology, v.8, article no.684 |
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