The relationship between speed skating coach leadership behavior and athletes' engagement: the mediating role of athlete psychological fatigue.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to explore the association between speed skating coaches' leadership behavior and athletes' sports engagement, and to examine the mediating role of athlete psychological fatigue in this relationship.

Methods

A convenience sampling method was adopted to survey 433 speed skating athletes from three provinces in Northeast China. Data were collected using the Coach Leadership Behavior Scale, Athlete Engagement Questionnaire, and Psychological Fatigue in Sports Questionnaire. The obtained data were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and mediation effect testing.

Results

Correlation analysis revealed that authoritarian behavior, a dimension of coach leadership behavior, was significantly negati

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12727943 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature