@article{ref1,
title="How coaches' motivations mediate between basic psychological needs and well-being/ill-being",
journal="Research quarterly for exercise and sport",
year="2015",
author="Alcaraz, Saul and Torregrosa, Miquel and Viladrich, Carme",
volume="86",
number="3",
pages="292-302",
abstract="PURPOSE: The purpose of the present research was to test how behavioral regulations are mediated between basic psychological needs and psychological well-being and ill-being in a sample of team-sport coaches. Based on self-determination theory, we hypothesized a model where satisfaction and thwarting of the basic psychological needs predicted coaches' behavioral regulations, which in turn led them to experience well-being (i.e., subjective vitality, positive affect) or ill-being (i.e., perceived stress, negative affect). <br><br>METHOD: Three-hundred and two coaches participated in the study (Mage = 25.97 years; 82% male). For each instrument employed, the measurement model with the best psychometric properties was selected from a sequence of nested models sustained by previous research, including exploratory structural equation models and confirmatory factor analysis. These measurement models were included in 3 structural equation models to test for mediation: partial mediation, complete mediation, and absence of mediation. <br><br>RESULTS: The results provided support for the partial mediation model. Coaches' motivation mediated the relationships from both relatedness need satisfaction and basic psychological needs thwarting for coaches' well-being. In contrast, relationships between basic psychological needs satisfaction and thwarting and ill-being were only predicted by direct effects. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Our results highlight that 3 conditions seem necessary for coaches to experience psychological well-being in their teams: basic psychological needs satisfaction, especially relatedness; lack of basic psychological needs thwarting; and self-determined motivation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0270-1367",
doi="10.1080/02701367.2015.1049691",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2015.1049691"
}