Radhika Butalia, Filip Boen, S. Alexander Haslam, Stef Van Puyenbroeck, Loes Meeussen, Pete Coffee, Nasrin Biglari, Mark W. Bruner, Aashritta Chaudhary, Paweł Chmura, Alyson J. Crozier, Emma S. George, Swanaya Gurjar, Chris Hartley, Maciej Huzarski, Francisco M. Leo, Miguel A. López-Gajardo, Todd M. Loughead, Moe Machida-Kosuga, Colin D. McLaren, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nia, Matthew J. Slater, Katrien Fransen
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The role of identity leadership in promoting athletes' mental health: A cross-cultural study
Identity leadership is the process through which leaders create, advance, represent, and embed a sense of ‘we’ and ‘us’ (i.e., social identities) within the teams they lead. This paper extends the existing sports psychology literature by investigating the relationship between identity leadership and athletes' mental health, as mediated by team identification and social support. Additionally, the study explores the generalisability of these relationships across culturally diverse countries, as well as high and low-collectivistic cultures. To this end, we employed a large cross-sectional study design involving 2,861 athletes from 193 football (also known as soccer) teams across eight countries. Study results indicated that identity leadership on the part of coaches, team captains, and the best athlete leaders within the team was associated with greater feelings of ‘we-ness’ amongst athletes. This sense of ‘we-ness’ in turn correlated with athletes' increased perceptions of available social support for themselves and their team, ultimately contributing to enhanced well-being and reduced burnout. With some minor variation, these patterns were observed across all studied countries and across high and low-collectivistic cultures. In essence, identity leadership provided by coaches and athlete leaders was associated with better athlete mental health across geographical borders and cultures.
期刊介绍:
"Applied Psychology: An International Review" is the esteemed official journal of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), a venerable organization established in 1920 that unites scholars and practitioners in the field of applied psychology. This peer-reviewed journal serves as a global platform for the scholarly exchange of research findings within the diverse domain of applied psychology.
The journal embraces a wide array of topics within applied psychology, including organizational, cross-cultural, educational, health, counseling, environmental, traffic, and sport psychology. It particularly encourages submissions that enhance the understanding of psychological processes in various applied settings and studies that explore the impact of different national and cultural contexts on psychological phenomena.