Coach-athlete relationship and collective efficacy in volleyball: is the association explained by athletes’ goal orientations?

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento Junior, José Roberto Andrade do
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Fiorese, Lenamar, Vieira, José Luiz Lopes, Ferreira, Luciana, Cheuczuk, Francielle, Jowett, Sophia, Fortes, Leonardo de Sousa, Vissoci, João Ricardo Nickenig
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.14147
• topic: Original Article

The mediating role of goal orientations in the association between coach-athlete relationship (CAR) and collective efficacy (CE) was investigated. Participants were 185 Brazilian young volleyball players participants of a State championship. Data were obtained using the Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire and Collective Efficacy Questionnaire for Sports. Structural Equation Modeling revealed CAR had a moderate effect on task orientation. Task orientation was associated with CE. CAR had a positive effect on ego orientation. Ego orientation was not associated with CE. When the association between CAR and CE was mediated by task orientation, the relationship explained 27% of the CE variance. The results suggest that a good quality CAR allows athletes to be more focused on their goals and individual skill development, and, consequently, this type of focus allows the team to perform more effectively.