Effect of paternalistic leadership on Chinese youth elite athletes' satisfaction: Resilience as a moderator.

ABSTRACT: This study extended the research on the relationship between youth elite athletes' satisfaction and coaches' paternalistic leadership by identifying athletes' resilience as a moderator. A total of 221 youth elite football (i.e., soccer) players aged 13-19 years old who are students of a Chinese professional football boarding school participated in a questionnaire survey. The study found no correlation between the three dimensions of coaches' paternalistic leadership (authoritative leadership, benevolent leadership, and moral leadership) and the youth athletes' satisfaction. The results also showed that the interaction of resilience and moral leadership affects the youth elite athletes' satisfaction, whereas resilience does not play a moderating role in the relationship between authoritativ

SUBMITTER: Liu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9557739 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature