Do athletes’ responses to coach autonomy support and control depend on the situation and athletes’ personal motivation?

Although plenty of studies have shown that a controlling, relative to an autonomy-supportive, motivating style yields a host of undesirable outcomes, at least some sport coaches endorse the belief that in some situations (e.g., when athletes misbehave) or with some athletes (e.g., those who are amotivated) a controlling approach is warranted and even beneficial. On the basis of Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2017),...