Implementing an Autonomy-Supportive Intervention to Develop Mental Toughness in Adolescent Rowers

John W. Mahoney; Nikos Ntoumanis; Daniel F. Gucciardi; Cliff J. Mallett; Juliette Stebbings

doi:10.1080/10413200.2015.1101030

Implementing an Autonomy-Supportive Intervention to Develop Mental Toughness in Adolescent Rowers

John W. Mahoney^*
, Nikos Ntoumanis
, Daniel F. Gucciardi
, Cliff J. Mallett
, Juliette Stebbings

^*Corresponding author for this work

Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

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Abstract

It was hypothesized that autonomy-supportive coaching behaviors, psychological needs satisfaction, and mental toughness would increase, and controlling coaching behaviors and psychological needs thwarting would decrease following a coach-directed autonomy-supportive intervention. Data related to these hypotheses were collected with coaches (N = 18) and adolescent rowers (N = 61) prior to and following an 8-week intervention, and 8 weeks following the intervention. Coaches were interviewed following data collection about their involvement in the intervention. Results did not support the hypotheses. Qualitative analyses revealed that autonomy-supportive behaviors might not have been adopted due to contextual pressures on the coaches.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-215
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2015.1101030
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2016

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