Youth Football Players’ Psychological Well-Being: The Key Role of Relationships

Reverberi, Eleonora; D’Angelo, Chiara; Littlewood, Martin; Gozzoli, Caterina

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567776

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“…In environments in which the players perceived impact on the structure, their interpersonal relationship with the coach was frequently reported to support a dyadic exchange (Rose, 2006 ; Amorose and Anderson-Butcher, 2015 ; Reverberi et al, 2020 ). The relationships that supported participant impact on the environment were frequently characterized by a mutual respect between the player and coach, and a perceived value that the coach placed on the participant's input.…”

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“…Intrinsic motivation and basic need fulfillment—the foundational tenets of SDT—are widely supported as determinants of youth's motivation to participate in sport (Balaguer et al, 2017 ). Though work framed in motivational theory has made a significant and well-supported theoretical contribution to examining patterns of participation in sport, analyses grounded in a post-positivist lens might be limited in providing a holistic framework for examining youths' compounding experiences within and across environments as co-constructed (Home and Jary, 2004 ; Bateman et al, 2020 ; Reverberi et al, 2020 ); SDT identifies social contexts as influences, but it does not account for the effects of perceived agency or positioning in-context, or the amalgamation of experiences an athlete gains across multiple environments as they age through the youth sport system (Home and Jary, 2004 ; Balaguer et al, 2017 ). Motivational lenses are critical to examining sustained participation among youth, but tend to operate in a single context, delimiting analyses around motivation to those context-specific factors (Petitpas et al, 2005 ; Balish et al, 2014 ; Crane and Temple, 2015 ).…”

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“…Agency, as a construct, has reach beyond the individual's intended outcome (relative to the self), extending to an impact on the environment in which the act is chosen. This is particularly salient in the youth sport environment, as the athlete's choice in behavior is not fixed or conclusive—the athlete's experience extends across time; athletes learn adaptive behaviors and interpersonal skills across varying contexts (e.g., sports, teams, relationships; Home and Jary, 2004 ; Cooky, 2009 ; Reverberi et al, 2020 ).…”

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Shifting the Paradigm: A Constructivist Analysis of Agency and Structure in Sustained Youth Sport Participation

Flaherty

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2021

Front. Psychol.

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To examine the impact of the relationship between agency and structure on sustained participation in youth sport, semi-structured interviews were conducted with male college soccer players. The participants' accounts (N = 20) of their youth careers were analyzed through the lens of Structuration Theory (ST) framed in a constructivist paradigm. ST supports the significance of the recursive relationship between agent and structure in-context in the co-construction of experiences, and provides a framework for analyzing effects of compounding experiences gained across time and space as they influence sport continuation. Clarity of expectations imposed in-context and the athlete's perceived impact on the structure evidenced, through deductive thematic analysis, as the most salient determinants of the perceived valence of the youth sport environment. The agent's perceived holding of authoritative resources across time and contexts was a critical dimension of the participants' continuation in youth sport, substantiating ST as a theoretical lens, situated in a constructivist paradigm, that might add depth to understanding patterns in participation and attrition.

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Shifting the Paradigm: A Constructivist Analysis of Agency and Structure in Sustained Youth Sport Participation

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2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…This can be due to a training methodology adopted by coaches that emphasizes the repetition of an action/exercise to solve training exercises, instead of leaving a player free to choose a strategy involving performing an exercise and reflecting on his level of performance. Recently, research on talent development has increasingly underlined the importance of adopting a holistic ecological approach in supporting talent development in youth sport (Vaeyens et al, 2009;Vaamonde and Villanueva, 2012;Larsen et al, 2013;Reverberi et al, 2020), as it helps athletes to develop a specific mindset in completing exercises rather than becoming a mere "executor, " resulting in more effective career development (i.e., low dropout and risk of overtraining, high engagement in sport, and more focus on improvement).…”

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The Self-Regulation of Learning – Self-Report Scale for Sport Practice: Validation of an Italian Version for Football

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Self-regulation of learning (SRL) is a key psychological factor that supports young athletes aiming to reach the elite level by promoting their involvement in deliberate practice. We contributed to the validation of the Italian version of the Bartulovic et al. (2017) Self-Regulation of Learning – Self-Report Scale for Sport Practice by testing its factorial structure, reliability, and measurement invariance among elite and non-elite football players, involving 415 male professional, semi-professional, and amateur youth academy players (Mage = 16.2, SD = 1.51). The original six-factor structure (planning, reflection, effort, self-efficacy, self-monitoring, and evaluation) did not fit the data well and a five-factor solution (where self-monitoring and evaluation items load on the same factor, named “self-supervision”) was a better fit. This five-factor solution was measurement invariant across groups of elite and non-elite athletes. We found that elite athletes scored significantly higher than non-elite ones in each SRL subprocess. Implications for future validation studies and for the use of this tool are discussed.

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“…Primarily, student-athletes need emotional and psychological support within the new challenging and competitive athletic environment. The support also extends wider to include helping respondents cope with the increased academic workload, and adapting to psychococial changes regarding significant other relationships ( Wylleman et al, 2017 ; Reverberi et al, 2020 ). Student-athletes must balance the new challenging environment on athletic, psycho-social and academic levels with a strong supportive influence from the coach and numerous support services to advance and facilitate the development of various skills ( Van Puyenbroeck et al, 2018 ).…”

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Investigating the Youth Sports Development Pathway Within a South African Context

2021

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The past two decades witnessed increased participation in professional as well as amateur sport, giving impetus to concomitant amplified interest in long-term athlete development (LTAD). LTAD has been described as the structured and progressive growth of an athlete through different stages of development resulting in some athletes achieving elite sport status. Furthermore, the interest in athletic career development from a holistic perspective has contributed to management approaches underscoring sustainable talent development and participation in sport. The current study investigated youth sports development pathways through both models of development within a South African context. A descriptive quantitative cross-sectional design was used to generate a convenient sample of athletes (N = 267). The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ) was administered, which in previous studies produced acceptable psychometric properties. Principal factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Monte Carlo parallel simulation, MANOVA, and hierarchical regression were performed to analyze the data. The TDEQ was validated for the South African context and was found to measure four components, namely supportive and challenging environment, development fundamentals, support networks, and long-term development. Respondents in the various developmental categories of novice, advanced and elite student-athletes were not statistically significantly influenced by any of the four factors. Controlling for the talent developmental phase, the model proposed did not statistically significantly predict the development pathway of youth athletes. The results provide evidence with some practical significance as supportive and challenging environment and long-term development focus reported a small effect. Further research is warranted to develop a more suitable measuring instrument to measure the talent development pathway within the investigated athlete environment.

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Youth Football Players’ Psychological Well-Being: The Key Role of Relationships

Cited by 16 publications

References 72 publications

Shifting the Paradigm: A Constructivist Analysis of Agency and Structure in Sustained Youth Sport Participation

Shifting the Paradigm: A Constructivist Analysis of Agency and Structure in Sustained Youth Sport Participation

The Self-Regulation of Learning – Self-Report Scale for Sport Practice: Validation of an Italian Version for Football

Investigating the Youth Sports Development Pathway Within a South African Context

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