The Relationship between Football Participation and Sport Trait Confidence for Adolescents: A Chain-Mediated Effect of Collective Self-Esteem and Self-Esteem
Abstract
:1. Introduction
The Present Study
2. Methods
2.1. Design
2.1.1. Collective Self-Esteem Scale
2.1.2. Sport Trait Confidence Scale
2.1.3. Self-Esteem Scale
2.1.4. Sports Participation Scale
2.2. Setting
2.3. Participants
2.4. Procedures
2.5. Outcome Measures
2.6. Bias
2.7. Analysis
3. Discussion
4. Limitations and Strengths
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Numbers | Percentages | Variables | M ± SD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
Male | 1135 | 68.415% | Weekly training hours (by hours) | |
Female | 524 | 31.585% | Primary | 6.986 ± 4.851 |
Phase of study | Junior high | 7.007 ± 4.846 | ||
Primary | 885 | 53.345% | Senior high | 7.467 ± 4.949 |
Junior high | 543 | 32.731% | Training years (by years) | |
Senior high | 231 | 13.924% | Primary | 3.853 ± 2.387 |
Place of abode | Junior high | 3.870 ± 2.391 | ||
City | 1398 | 84.268% | Senior high | 4.158 ± 2.513 |
Village | 261 | 15.732% |
Variables | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Sports Participation | 4.089 | 0.781 | 1 | |||
2. Collective Self-Esteem | 5.252 | 0.740 | 0.207 *** | 1 | ||
3. Self-Esteem | 3.158 | 0.506 | 0.223 *** | 0.591 *** | 1 | |
4. Sport Trait Confidence | 7.016 | 1.437 | 0.146 *** | 0.527 *** | 0.518 *** | 1 |
Outcome | Predictive Variables | R2 | F | β | t |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Collective Self-Esteem | Sports Participation | 0.042 | 73.992 | 0.207 | 8.602 *** |
Self-Esteem | Sports Participation | 0.359 | 465.005 | 0.106 | 5.264 *** |
Collective Self-Esteem | 0.569 | 28.301 *** | |||
Sport Trait Confidence | Sports Participation | 0.342 | 287.985 | 0.006 | 0.273 |
Collective Self-Esteem | 0.339 | 13.664 *** | |||
Self-Esteem | 0.316 | 12.695 *** |
Path | Effect Value | SE | Bootstrap 95% CI | Relative Mediating Effect | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind1 | 0.105 | 0.020 | 0.146 | 0.070 | 49.905% |
Ind2 | 0.051 | 0.012 | 0.076 | 0.028 | 24.240% |
Ind3 | 0.056 | 0.011 | 0.078 | 0.037 | 26.616% |
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Yu, D.; Che, X.; Wang, H.; Ma, N.; Wan, Z.; Wan, B.; You, X.; Zhang, K.; Li, N.; Shui, Y. The Relationship between Football Participation and Sport Trait Confidence for Adolescents: A Chain-Mediated Effect of Collective Self-Esteem and Self-Esteem. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080656
Yu D, Che X, Wang H, Ma N, Wan Z, Wan B, You X, Zhang K, Li N, Shui Y. The Relationship between Football Participation and Sport Trait Confidence for Adolescents: A Chain-Mediated Effect of Collective Self-Esteem and Self-Esteem. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(8):656. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080656
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu, Deyang, Xiang Che, Haopeng Wang, Ning Ma, Zicheng Wan, Bingjun Wan, Xuqun You, Kun Zhang, Nian Li, and Yizhou Shui. 2024. "The Relationship between Football Participation and Sport Trait Confidence for Adolescents: A Chain-Mediated Effect of Collective Self-Esteem and Self-Esteem" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 8: 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080656