Social Sciences Applied to Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Psychology Department, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
J Sports Sci. 2024 Dec;42(23):2183-2190. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2024.2425908. Epub 2024 Nov 7.
It has been found that the way high-performance coaches lead influences both athletes' performance and mental health. However, limited research exists on the Social Identity Approach to leadership in elite sports, despite growing interest in coaching science regarding interpersonal behaviours and leadership. This study investigates the empirical links between coaches' leadership, sport performance and mental health from a social identity approach. One hundred and forty-five elite athletes ( = 20.6 years; = 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, consequently, enhancing the mental health of athletes. Coaching educational courses may benefit from social identity leadership in interpersonal behaviours.
研究发现，优秀教练的领导方式会影响运动员的表现和心理健康。然而，尽管教练科学越来越关注人际行为和领导力，但在精英体育中的社会认同领导方法方面的研究有限。本研究从社会认同的角度调查了教练领导、运动表现和心理健康之间的实证联系。145 名精英运动员（平均年龄 20.6 岁，标准差为 4.1，62%为女性，38%为男性）回答了测量教练社会认同领导、运动表现满意度和心理健康的问卷。整体结构方程模型（SEM）分别解释了运动员心理健康和心理疾病维度方差的 36%和 19%。感知到的教练社会认同领导与运动表现满意度呈正相关，解释了其方差的 10%。教练的社会认同领导预测了运动员的心理健康，但不能预测心理疾病。运动表现满意度对心理健康有积极影响，对心理疾病有负面影响。在精英运动训练群体中培养“我们”和“我们”的意识，对于促进运动表现满意度和提高运动员的心理健康非常重要。教练教育课程可能受益于人际行为中的社会认同领导。
