Autonomy, coping strategies and psychological well-being in young professional tennis players
Span. j. psychol
; 16: e75.1-e75.11, 2013. tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
This research aimed to analyze the role of Psychological Well-being factors in young professional tennis players, assigning special attention to their preferred coping strategies and perceived autonomy that specifically contribute to Psychological Well-being. The conceptual framework utilized for this study was Ryffs Psychological Well-being multidimensional model in order to focus our understanding towards how environment demands of professional sport affect athletes Psychological Well-being. Participants were 155 male professional tennis players with a mean age of 14.61 (SD = 1.86) engaged in South American Tennis Federation tournaments. Instruments utilized were Psychological Well Being Scale EBP, Díaz et al., 2006, Sport Coping Approach Questionnary Spanish version, ACSQ-1 (Kim, Duda, Tomas, & Balaguer, 2003) and Sport Perceived Autonomy Scale, Spanish version (Balaguer, Castillo, & Duda, 2008). Our research revealed that the greater autonomy young athletes perceive while being engaged in professional sport was because of the coping strategies they utilized such as active planning, cognitive restructuring, emotional calmness and seeking of social support. Results confirmed also that the greater perceived autonomy was explaining athletes high levels of Psychological Well-being (AU)
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National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
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Psychological Tests
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Tennis
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Professional Autonomy
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Personal Autonomy
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Athletic Performance
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Athletes
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Span. j. psychol
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Consultora Gaudí Personas/Chile
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Fundación ASCIENDE/Chile
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Universidad Diego Portales/Chile
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Universitat de les Illes Balears/Spain