ERIC Number: EJ1448313
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-6297
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Staying Afloat during Everyday Adversity: Exploring the Intra- and Interpersonal Factors Related to Athletic Buoyancy
Jackie V. Calhoun
Quest, v76 n4 p401-415 2024
Athletic buoyancy is the ability to handle everyday challenges in sports, though little research has been conducted. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine intrapersonal and interpersonal factors related to athletic buoyancy, as well as a potential outcome variable. Collegiate club sport athletes (N = 239) completed a questionnaire assessing predictors (fear of failure, anxiety, sport enjoyment, enthusiastic commitment), an outcome variable (intentions to continue sport participation), a mediator (athletic buoyancy), and a moderator (social support) between the predictors and both athletic buoyancy and intentions. Results indicated that athletic buoyancy was not a mediator; however, anxiety and fear of failure were significant, negative predictors of athletic buoyancy. Social support moderated the enthusiastic commitment-intentions relationship, and the fear of failure-athletic buoyancy relationship, where athletes with higher social support reported a greater negative impact of fear of failure on athletic buoyancy. Findings may have implications for athlete well-being and adaptability.
Descriptors: Student Athletes, College Students, Predictor Variables, Anxiety, Fear, Failure, Adjustment (to Environment), Social Support Groups, Performance Factors, Social Influences, Sport Psychology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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