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Mitchell C Profeit1, Stuart G Wilson1, Cailie S McGuire2
1School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Canada.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare the relative association of coaches' technical (TC) and interpersonal (IP) behaviours on athlete perceptions of cohesion and performance. Questionnaire responses from 1048 Canadian University athletes (63.2% male; Mage = 20.2 years) were assessed using multi-level linear models. Overall, coaches' TC and IP behaviours were positively related to perceptions of individual performance (TC: B = 0.19, p < .001; IP: B = 0.44, p < .001), team performance (TC: B = 0.19, p < .001; IP: B = 0.21, p < .001), task cohesion (TC: B = 0.14, p < .001; IP: B = 0.32, p < .001), and social cohesion (TC: B = 0.10, p < .001; IP: B = 0.17, p < .001). IP behaviours were more strongly associated with perceptions of individual performance and task cohesion than TC behaviours, whereas associations were comparable for team performance and social cohesion. These findings reinforce the holistic nature of effective coaching.
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