Exploring the interplay of coach behaviours, team resilience, support perception, and collective efficacy in young team athletes.

ABSTRACT: Team sports create a social-psychological environment that shapes athletes' responses to pressure and challenges. Belief in the team's ability to cope with demanding conditions is crucial for individual motivation and collective success, strengthening performance, social bonds, and psychological resilience. This study examines the relationships between perceived supportive coach behaviours, team resilience, and collective efficacy in young athletes. A total of 285 athletes from football, basketball, volleyball, and handball participated, with validated instruments used to measure coach behaviours, team resilience, perceived support, and collective efficacy. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) assessed the interrelationships among these variables. Findings showed that perceived support sign

SUBMITTER: Adilogulları I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12329992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature