Extraversion as a personality dimension moderating the relationship between caring climate and athletes’ relationships with teammates

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Psychology of Sport and Exercise Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102860

Congtian Xu, Mary D. Fry, Haiying Long

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Abstract

Researchers have identified many benefits for athletes who experience a caring climate (Fry & Gano-Overway, 2010). Despite the strong research line identifying the positive effects of a caring climate, little attention has been directed to exploring potential moderators that might alter its influence. To this end, the researchers of the current study collaborated with a school district in the Mountain West region of the U.S. Middle and high school athletes (N = 180) were recruited to examine the moderating effect of low extraversion versus high extraversion on the relationships between athletes' perceptions of a caring climate and their relationship with teammates. Moderation analysis indicated that as athletes’ perceptions of the caring climate increased, relationships with teammates displayed an upward trend for both low and high extraverted athletes, with the strongest trend occurring for low extraverted athletes. Findings from this study not only confirmed the positive effect of a caring climate on youth athletes' sports experiences but also considered personality factors, perhaps for the first time. Lastly, results suggest if young athletes are low in extraversion and in a caring climate, they may find the team environment more conducive to building relationships with their peers, which is an important outcome of the youth sports experience (Ullrich-French & Smith, 2006).

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外向性作为人格维度调节关爱氛围与运动员与队友关系的关系

研究人员已经发现，经历关爱的环境对运动员有很多好处(Fry &；Gano-Overway, 2010)。尽管强有力的研究表明了关爱气候的积极影响，但很少有人关注探索可能改变其影响的潜在调节因素。为此，本研究的研究人员与美国西部山区的一个学区合作，招募了180名初高中运动员（N = 180）来研究低外向性和高外向性对运动员对关怀氛围的感知与他们与队友关系之间的调节作用。调节分析表明，随着运动员对关爱氛围感知的增加，低外向和高外向运动员与队友的关系都呈现上升趋势，其中低外向运动员与队友的关系上升趋势最强。这项研究的结果不仅证实了关爱氛围对青少年运动员运动经历的积极影响，而且还考虑了个性因素，这可能是第一次。最后，研究结果表明，如果年轻运动员外向性较低，并且在一个充满关爱的环境中，他们可能会发现团队环境更有利于与同龄人建立关系，这是青少年体育体验的一个重要结果(Ullrich-French &；史密斯,2006)。

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise 医学-心理学

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6.40

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5.90%

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172

审稿时长

69 days

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