Coping profiles of adolescent football players and association with interpersonal coping: Do emotional competence and psychological need satisfaction matter? - Nantes Université
Journal Articles Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports Year : 2023

Coping profiles of adolescent football players and association with interpersonal coping: Do emotional competence and psychological need satisfaction matter?

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Using a person‐centered approach, the present study aimed to investigate the coping profiles of adolescent football players involved in elite football training centers. The purposes were to (1) identify coping profiles based on the reported use of multiple coping strategies in response to competitive stress, (2) explore whether emotional competencies and psychological need satisfaction would predict coping profile membership, and (3) examine the extent to which coping profiles were differently associated with individual and team perceived stress, interpersonal coping, and subjective team performance, as well as demographic characteristics. A sample of 416 young French football players (males = 282; females = 134; Mage = 16.2; SDage = 1.2) from 12 elite football training centers participated in this study. Latent profile analysis results yielded three coping profiles allowing players to be grouped according to their preferences for a combined use of certain strategies (i.e., low copers, high disengaged copers, and high task copers). Results provided further insight into each coping profile membership by indicating the role played by intrapersonal emotional competence and psychological need satisfaction. Finally, differences between coping profiles have been shown in terms of individual perceived stress intensity, interpersonal coping approach, and gender. These findings provide a deeper understanding of adaptive coping profiles within a population of adolescent football players involved in elite training centers. Implications for developing and tailoring psychoeducational interventions for adolescent football players exhibiting a maladaptive coping profile (i.e., disengagement‐oriented coping profile) are considered.
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hal-04349812 , version 1 (18-12-2023)

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Julie Doron, Meggy Hayotte, Fabienne d'Arripe‐longueville, Chloé Leprince. Coping profiles of adolescent football players and association with interpersonal coping: Do emotional competence and psychological need satisfaction matter?. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 2023, ⟨10.1111/sms.14550⟩. ⟨hal-04349812⟩
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