TY - JOUR
T1 - Gratitude Enhances Change in Athletes' Self-Esteem
T2 - The Moderating Role of Trust in Coach
AU - Chen, Lung Hung
AU - Wu, Chia Huei
N1 - Funding Information:
The first author’s research on gratitude was supported by Ministry of Education (2012 project of elastic salary for outstanding scholar) and National Science Council (100-2410-H-179 -007, 101-2410-H-179-003, and 102-2410-H-179-003), Taiwan, R.O.C.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Self-esteem is a positive evaluation of oneself that can facilitate optimal functioning. However, little research has focused on its antecedents in sport. Accordingly, we adopted an interactionism perspective and proposed that gratitude, a dispositional factor, will enhance an athlete's self-esteem and affective trust in coach, a situational factor, will strengthen such a positive effect. Athletes completed measures of gratitude, affective trust in coach, and self-esteem at Time 1 and self-esteem at Time 2 after 6 months. Results showed that athletes with higher levels of gratitude increased their self-esteem over time when they had higher affective trust in their coaches.
AB - Self-esteem is a positive evaluation of oneself that can facilitate optimal functioning. However, little research has focused on its antecedents in sport. Accordingly, we adopted an interactionism perspective and proposed that gratitude, a dispositional factor, will enhance an athlete's self-esteem and affective trust in coach, a situational factor, will strengthen such a positive effect. Athletes completed measures of gratitude, affective trust in coach, and self-esteem at Time 1 and self-esteem at Time 2 after 6 months. Results showed that athletes with higher levels of gratitude increased their self-esteem over time when they had higher affective trust in their coaches.
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U2 - 10.1080/10413200.2014.889255
DO - 10.1080/10413200.2014.889255
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84900033217
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 26
SP - 349
EP - 362
JO - JOURNAL OF APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
JF - JOURNAL OF APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
IS - 3
ER -