Examining the Mental Well-Being of Australian Sport Coaches
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Recruitment and Sample
2.2. Instrument and Measures
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | n | % |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 362 | 78.9 |
Female | 97 | 21.1 |
Age group (years) | ||
≤30 | 58 | 12.5 |
31–50 | 290 | 62.5 |
>50 | 116 | 25.0 |
Coach setting | ||
Performance | 128 | 27.6 |
Community | 336 | 72.4 |
Coaching activity (h/week) | ||
≤10 | 188 | 40.5 |
>10–≤20 | 183 | 39.4 |
>20 | 93 | 20.0 |
Highest level coach accreditation | ||
None | 17 | 3.8 |
Level 1 | 242 | 53.4 |
Level 2 | 138 | 30.5 |
Level 3 | 56 | 12.4 |
Period coaching main sport (years) | ||
≤2 | 97 | 20.9 |
>2–≤5 | 110 | 23.7 |
>5–≤10 | 106 | 22.8 |
>10 | 151 | 32.5 |
Coaching type | ||
Individual athlete(s) only | 61 | 13.2 |
Team(s) only | 318 | 68.8 |
Individual athlete(s) and team(s) | 83 | 18.0 |
Variable | M (SD) | t/F | p | d/η2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic | ||||
Gender | ||||
Male | 50.6 (7.7) | −1.41 | 0.16 | −0.16 |
Female | 51.9 (8.3) | |||
Age group (years) | ||||
≤30 | 50.1 (8.8) | 6.53 | 0.002 | 0.03 |
31–50 | 50.2 (7.6) | |||
>50 | 53.2 (7.3) | |||
Coaching | ||||
Coach setting | ||||
Performance | 51.7 (8.3) | 1.22 | 0.22 | 0.13 |
Community | 50.7 (7.6) | |||
Coaching activity (h/week) | ||||
≤10 | 51.3 (8.0) | 0.95 | 0.39 | 0.03 |
>10–≤20 | 51.0 (7.5) | |||
>20 | 50.0 (8.0) |
Variable | b | se | p |
---|---|---|---|
Gender (ref: female) | −1.70 | 0.83 | 0.04 |
Age (ref: >50 years | |||
≤30 years | −2.81 | 1.17 | 0.02 |
31–50 years | −2.70 | 0.79 | 0.001 |
Coach setting (ref: community) | 1.48 | 0.81 | 0.07 |
Coaching activity (ref: ≤10 h/week) | |||
>10–≤20 h/week | −1.06 | 0.75 | 0.16 |
>20 h/week | −0.60 | 0.96 | 0.53 |
AWS workload | 2.80 | 0.47 | <0.001 |
AWS control | 3.58 | 0.44 | <0.001 |
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Carson, F.; Malakellis, M.; Walsh, J.; Main, L.C.; Kremer, P. Examining the Mental Well-Being of Australian Sport Coaches. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4601. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234601
Carson F, Malakellis M, Walsh J, Main LC, Kremer P. Examining the Mental Well-Being of Australian Sport Coaches. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(23):4601. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234601
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarson, Fraser, Mary Malakellis, Julia Walsh, Luana C. Main, and Peter Kremer. 2019. "Examining the Mental Well-Being of Australian Sport Coaches" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 23: 4601. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234601