To buffer against mental illness, athletes and coaches shouldfocus on setting and adjusting sport goals while reflecting onperformance outcome
a solution provided to minimize the negative impact on mental health as a reflect of performance outcomes. Looking at self growth and setting goals rather than only focusing on winning and losing.
evealed thesignificant mediating role of satisfaction with sport perfor-mance in the relationship between coaches’ social identityleadership and mental health.
satisfaction with performance can be infleunced by coaches approval
Therefore, the importance of accounting for Keyes(2002, 2007) differentiation between the mental health andmental illness dimensions of mental health is emphasised
mental health and mental illness are similar but different. Coaching can influence their atheltes mental health but not neccessarly cause mental illness.
(h1) showeda positive prediction of coaches’ identity leadership on indivi-dual performance satisfaction. Such a result underscores theimpact that a coach’s identity leadership can have on eliteathletes, and it is aligned with previous evidence suggestinga positive role for the coach’s social identity leadership onsatisfaction with team performance
confirmed there is an impact of coaching influence on athletes mental health
weexpect that perceived coaches’ social identity leadership will bepositively related to athletes’ sport performance satisfaction(h1), and that coaches’ social identity leadership will positivelyinfluence mental health and negatively influence mental illness(h2
the three hypothesis is what the research is looking to confirm
oaches may becomea source of engagement and confidence (e.g., Loughead et al.,2016; Lundqvist & Sandin, 2014) and contribute to creatinga positive environment (Doherty et al., 2016; González-Garcíaet al., 2021)
As leaders in sports coaches has the power to influence their athletes and shape their confidence. They look to them as a source of approval of their performance.
Moreover, previous research has warned that themental health of professional and elite athletes is related totheir satisfaction with sport performance, understood as howhappy, or content, athletes are with their sport experience(Burns et al., 2012)
mental health has an impact on athletes sport experience
The MH of elite athletes is of particular concern since thiscareer path is associated with a higher risk of experiencing MHproblems (e.g., Reardon et al., 2019; Rice et al., 2016
acknowledges the importance of looking into the connection between coaches and players in regards to mental health
Coaches’ leadership plays animportant role in shaping how this performance pressureimpacts athletes’ mental health, drawing an intricate relation-ship between coaches’ influence, performance and mentalhealth (Mallett & Lara-Bercial, 2023). Coaching research hasemphasised the importance of coaches’ knowledge and beha-viours as main determinants of positive athlete experiencesand sport outcomes (Côté & Gilbert, 2009).
Under strong amounts of pressure in elite athletes, the influence of coaching can positively or negatively shape an athletes experience. The approval from these leaders in sports can allow the player too have satisfaction and confidence in their game.
It has been found that the way high-performance coaches lead influences both athletes’ performanceand mental health.
There is a correlation between the affect on coaching and elite athletes mental health. As leaders of sports the influence of coaches can shape a players experience and attitude towards their sport.