Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating the Role of Coaching in Athlete Purpose
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Significance of the Study, Objective, and Hypotheses
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Variables and Measures
2.3. Data Analysis and Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | K | α | M | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SET | 22 | 0.663 | 66.61 | 8.441 | −0.129 | −1.270 |
SST | 4 | 0.837 | 12.31 | 4.5200 | 0.000 | −1.324 |
SWT | 6 | 0.802 | 19.05 | 6.100 | −0.253 | −1.306 |
SCT | 5 | 0.818 | 16.21 | 5.159 | −0.375 | −1.075 |
TET | 13 | 0.708 | 45.44 | 6.173 | 0.016 | −0.846 |
SGT | 6 | 0.686 | 16.79 | 6.142 | 0.184 | −1.245 |
CONFT | 3 | 0.868 | 8.32 | 3.386 | 0.296 | −0.933 |
CONNT | 12 | 0.866 | 8.39 | 3.393 | 0.208 | −1.005 |
CHART | 3 | 0.867 | 8.56 | 3.304 | 0.216 | −0.919 |
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. ANX | 0.818 ** | −0.610 ** | 0.831 ** | −0.788 ** | 0.895 ** | 0.804 ** | 0.769 ** | 0.674 ** | −0.726 ** | −0.767 ** | −0.644 ** | −0.721 ** | −0.670 ** | |
2. DEJ | −0.563 ** | 0.831 ** | −0.823 ** | 0.890 ** | 0.818 ** | 0.810 ** | 0.720 ** | −0.705 ** | −0.784 ** | −0.679 ** | −0.705 ** | −0.687 ** | ||
3. EXIC | −0.647 ** | 0.602 ** | −0.415 ** | −0.592 ** | −0.526 ** | −0.409 ** | 0.555 ** | 0.526 ** | 0.493 ** | 0.510 ** | 0.485 ** | |||
4. ANG | −0.816 ** | 0.881 ** | 0.814 ** | 0.796 ** | 0.698 ** | −0.734 ** | −0.815 ** | −0.720 ** | −7.21 ** | −0.710 ** | ||||
5. HAP | −0.694 ** | −0.780 ** | −0.766 ** | −0.671 ** | 0.681 ** | 0.757 ** | 0.656 ** | 0.715 ** | 0.667 ** | |||||
6. SET | 0.791 ** | 0.784 ** | 0.708 ** | −0.700 ** | −0.784 ** | −0.664 ** | −0.690 ** | −0.675 ** | ||||||
7. SST | 0.732 ** | 0.690 ** | −0.708 ** | −0.773 ** | −0.687 ** | −0.703 ** | −0.683 ** | |||||||
8. SWT | 0.737 ** | −0.700 ** | −0.748 ** | −0.665 ** | −0.659 ** | −0.647 ** | ||||||||
9. SCT | −0.661 ** | −0.649 ** | −0.591 ** | −0.586 ** | −0.575 ** | |||||||||
10. TET | 0.686 ** | 0.618 ** | 0.611 ** | 0.623 ** | ||||||||||
11. SGT | 0.699 ** | 0.668 ** | 0.710 ** | |||||||||||
12. CONFT | 0.664 ** | 0.514 ** | ||||||||||||
13. CONNT | 0.619 ** | |||||||||||||
14. CHART |
Variables | β | t | p | UL | LL | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | - | 103.225 | 0.000 | 59.775 | 62.094 | |
SST | −0.356 | −8.434 | 0.000 | −0.600 | −0.373 | |
SWT | −0.292 | −6.460 | 0.000 | −0.386 | −0.206 | |
SCT | −0.199 | −4.583 | 0.000 | −0.338 | −0.138 | |
R2 | 0.589 | |||||
F | 265.239 |
Indirect Effect(s) | (Coefficient Effect) | SE | p | UL | LL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | −0.308 | 0.032 | 0.000 | −0.371 | −0.246 |
SGT | −0.095 | 0.031 | 0.000 | −0.158 | −0.036 |
CONFT | −0.082 | 0.020 | 0.000 | −0.124 | −0.042 |
CONNT | −0.043 | 0.023 | 0.000 | −0.089 | 0.000 |
CHART | −0.088 | 0.022 | 0.000 | −0.130 | −0.045 |
Direct Effect | −0.204 | 0.036 | 0.000 | −0.133 | −0.274 |
Total effect | 0.512 | 0.022 | 0.000 | −0.468 | −0.555 |
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Ali, Y.; Kotera, Y.; Cotterill, M.; Edwards, A.-M.; Palmer, S. Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating the Role of Coaching in Athlete Purpose. Future 2025, 3, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/future3020011
Ali Y, Kotera Y, Cotterill M, Edwards A-M, Palmer S. Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating the Role of Coaching in Athlete Purpose. Future. 2025; 3(2):11. https://doi.org/10.3390/future3020011
Chicago/Turabian StyleAli, Yumna, Yasuhiro Kotera, Matthew Cotterill, Ann-Marie Edwards, and Stephen Palmer. 2025. "Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating the Role of Coaching in Athlete Purpose" Future 3, no. 2: 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/future3020011
APA StyleAli, Y., Kotera, Y., Cotterill, M., Edwards, A.-M., & Palmer, S. (2025). Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating the Role of Coaching in Athlete Purpose. Future, 3(2), 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/future3020011