Naslov
Does Team Collective Efficacy Attenuate Negative Coaching Behaviour and Mediate the Effect of Legitimacy of Unsportsmanlike Conduct on Negative Coaching Behaviour?

Autori
Glavaš, Dragan ; Vrselja, Ivana ; Franjić, Petra ; Slaviček Esmeralda ; Širjan, Dijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
Current Trends in Psychology 2021

Mjesto i datum
Novi Sad, Srbija, 28-30.10.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Negative Coaching Behaviour, Collective Efficacy, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Handball

Sažetak
Negative coaching behaviour can often go under the radar, especially in the case of team success. It can also be reinforced with the unsportsmanlike conduct of team members. On the other hand, team efficiency may absorb negative coaching behaviour and mediate the effect of the legitimacy of unsportsmanlike conduct on negative coaching behaviour. Thus, this research aimed to explore the mediating role of collective efficacy in the relationship between unsportsmanlike conduct of handball players and negative coaching behaviour. One hundred and seventy handball players aged 18 to 35 years (Mage = 21.45 years, SD = 3.21 years ; 61 male, 109 female) completed online questionnaires measuring Perceived Legitimacy of Unsportsmanlike Behaviour, Negative Coaching Behaviour, and Observational Collective Efficacy. Mediation analysis showed that higher collective efficacy predicted less negative coach behaviour and mediated the relationship between the legitimacy of serious fouls and negative coach behaviour, b = .17 [.01, .45]. Higher scores on the perceived legitimacy of serious fouls predicted lower collective efficacy, b = -.56 [-1.01, -.11], which then predicted more negative coaching behaviour, b = -.31 [-.56, -.06]. The mediation role of collective efficacy in the relationship between less serious fouls and negative coach behaviour as well as between legitimacy of verbal aggression and negative coach behaviour was not significant. Direct effects found showed that higher legitimacy of serious fouls, b = .72 [.03 1.47], and higher legitimacy of verbal aggression, b = .66 [.20, 1.11], predicted negative coach behaviour, while higher legitimacy of less serious fouls marginally predicted negative coach behaviour b = .23 [-.02, 0.48]. The findings suggest that collective efficacy may determine the path between the legitimacy of severe fouls and negative coach behaviour. On the other hand, the results indicated that other mechanisms than collective efficiency might mediate the effect of the legitimacy of less severe and less aggressive unsportsmanlike conduct, such as the legitimacy of less serious fouls and verbal aggression, on negative coach behaviour. The results are discussed within the theoretical and empirical challenges to detect constructs that can attenuate negative coaching behaviour and adverse effects of team and individual factors that may spark it.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Kineziologija

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