Investigating the Relationship between Leadership Style of Coaches and Sports Emotions of Athletes Participating in Bahrain ۲۰۲۱ Para-Asian Youth Championship

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between coaches’ leadership styles and sport emotions of athletes participating in the Bahrain ۲۰۲۱ Para-Asian Youth Championships. The statistical population of the study consisted of all athletes participating in the Bahrain ۲۰۲۱ Para-Asian Youth Championships including ۷۵۰ athletes from ۳۰ Asian countries. Using Morgan table, the sample size was determined to be ۲۵۶ athletes. The research instruments included the Modified Sport Emotion Questionnaire (SEQ) and the Sport Leadership Scale (LLS). Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test and Friedman test in SPSS ۲۳ software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the leadership style of social support of sport coaches had a negative and significant relationship with the components of anxiety, dejection, excitement and anger of athletes’ sport emotions as well as a positive and significant relationship with the component of happiness. The authoritarian style of sport coaches had a positive and significant relationship with the components of anxiety, dejection and anger of athletes as well as a negative and significant relationship with the components of excitement and happiness (p≤۰.۰۱). Generally, by recognizing the psychological consequences associated with coaches’ leadership style, it is possible to help improve positive emotional states and control negative emotional states in athletes.

Keywords:

Disabled Athletes , Leadership Style , Para-Asian Competitions , Sport Emotions