TY - JOUR
T1 - Interpersonal mechanisms explaining the transfer of well- and ill-being in coach-athlete dyads
AU - Stebbings, Juliette
AU - Taylor, Ian M.
AU - Spray, Christopher M
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - The current study explored coaches’ interpersonal behaviors as a mechanism for well- and ill-being contagion from coach to athlete, and vice versa. Eighty-two coach-athlete dyads from individual sports completed self-report measures before and after a training session. Structural equation modeling supported three actor-partner interdependence mediation models, in which coaches’ pre-session well- and ill-being were associated with changes in athletes’ well- and ill-being over the course of the session. These relationships were mediated by athletes’ perceptions of their coaches’ interpersonal styles during the session. The reciprocal transfer from athlete to coach was not fully supported. Nonetheless, coaches’ perceptions of their own interpersonal behavior were associated with changes in their post-session well- and ill-being. Overall, evidence is provided for the contagion of affect from authority figures to those under their instruction, but not vice versa.
AB - The current study explored coaches’ interpersonal behaviors as a mechanism for well- and ill-being contagion from coach to athlete, and vice versa. Eighty-two coach-athlete dyads from individual sports completed self-report measures before and after a training session. Structural equation modeling supported three actor-partner interdependence mediation models, in which coaches’ pre-session well- and ill-being were associated with changes in athletes’ well- and ill-being over the course of the session. These relationships were mediated by athletes’ perceptions of their coaches’ interpersonal styles during the session. The reciprocal transfer from athlete to coach was not fully supported. Nonetheless, coaches’ perceptions of their own interpersonal behavior were associated with changes in their post-session well- and ill-being. Overall, evidence is provided for the contagion of affect from authority figures to those under their instruction, but not vice versa.
U2 - 10.1123/jsep.2015-0172
DO - 10.1123/jsep.2015-0172
M3 - Article
SN - 0895-2779
VL - 38
SP - 292
EP - 304
JO - Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
IS - 3
ER -