Nicholls, Adam R., Earle, Keith, Earle, Fiona and Madigan, Daniel J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-1818
(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 (684).
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Abstract
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.
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| Additional Information: | This document is protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All right reserved. It is reproduced with permission. |
| Status: | Published |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00684 |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF636 Applied psychology |
| School/Department: | School of Science, Technology and Health |
| URI: | https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/2176 |
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