Why Do Sport Coaches Adopt a Controlling Coaching Style? The Role of an Evaluative Context and Psychological Need Frustration

Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 89 - 98
Published: Jun 1, 2020
Abstract
In this study, involving 585 youth sport coaches ( M age = 35.76), the authors investigated whether coaches who perceive their environment to be highly evaluative would report acting in a more controlling or pressuring way. In a subsample ( n = 211, M age = 38.14), they examined the explanatory role of coaches’ experiences of psychological need frustration in this relation. They also considered whether years of coaching experience would serve as...
Paper Details
Title
Why Do Sport Coaches Adopt a Controlling Coaching Style? The Role of an Evaluative Context and Psychological Need Frustration
Published Date
Jun 1, 2020
Volume
34
Issue
2
Pages
89 - 98
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