Coach Training to Promote Social Development

教练培训促进社会发展

• 批准号: 6610121
• 负责人: DAVID E. CONROY
• 金额: $ 7.2万
• 依托单位: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-04-01 至 2005-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6610121
• 关键词: behavior therapy; behavioral /social science research tag; child psychology; children; clinical research; clinical trials; exercise; fear; goal oriented behavior; human subject; human therapy evaluation; motivation; patient oriented research; performance; questionnaires; role model; self concept; social psychology; success; training; videotape /videodisc

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this research project is to examine one possible mechanism by which coach behaviors impact the psychosocial development of youth participating in sports. Previous research has established the effectiveness of Coach Effectiveness Training (CET; Smith & Smoll, 1996) for enhancing self-esteem (Smith, Smell, & Curtis, 1979; Smell, Smith, Barnett, & Everett, 1993), decreasing performance anxiety (Smith, Smell, & Barnett, 1995), improving attraction to coaches (Smith et al., 1979), and decreasing rates of attrition from organized sports (Barnett, Smoll, & Smith, 1992). This project is a randomized blind trial of an enhanced-CET intervention. The conceptual model underlying this research proposes that coach training will change observed coach behaviors and youth perceptions of coach behaviors. Youth's internalization of coach behaviors is hypothesized to be manifest in youth achievement goal orientations and self-talk. This internalization process is hypothesized to be the mechanism for the intervention's effects of increasing self-esteem and decreasing fear of failure. Coaches from two community-based sport leagues will be randomly assigned to either an enhanced-CET training session or sport science training session that does not include psychosocial components. After receiving preseason training in these workshops, coaches will self-monitor their behaviors and receive booster telephone calls and mailings on a weekly basis, Youth will complete measures of self-talk, achievement goal orientations, fear of failure, and self-esteem throughout the season. The first aim of the present research is to establish the effects of the intervention on youth psychosocial development. The second aim is to evaluate whether observed coaching behaviors mediate the effects of the intervention on youth development. The third aim of this research is to evaluate whether youth internalization of coaches' behavior mediates the effects of coaching behaviors on their psychosocial development.

描述（由申请人提供）：该研究项目的主要目标是检查一种可能的机制，教练行为会影响参加运动的青年的社会心理发展。 Previous research has established the effectiveness of Coach Effectiveness Training (CET; Smith & Smoll, 1996) for enhancing self-esteem (Smith, Smell, & Curtis, 1979; Smell, Smith, Barnett, & Everett, 1993), decreasing performance anxiety (Smith, Smell, & Barnett, 1995), improving attraction to coaches (Smith et al., 1979), and decreasing rates of attrition from organized sports (Barnett, Smoll, & Smith, 1992）。该项目是对CET干预增强的随机盲试。这项研究基础的概念模型表明，教练培训将改变观察到的教练行为和青年对教练行为的看法。假设青年对教练行为的内在化表现为青年成就目标和自我对话。假设这种内在化过程是干预措施增加自尊和减少对失败恐惧的影响的机制。来自两个基于社区的体育联赛的教练将随机分配到不包括社会心理组成部分的增强的CET培训课程或体育科学培训课程。在接受这些研讨会的季前训练之后，教练将自我监视自己的行为，并每周接收助推器电话和邮件，青年将在整个赛季中完成自我交谈，成就目标，对失败的恐惧和自尊心的措施。本研究的第一个目的是建立干预对青年社会心理发展的影响。第二个目的是评估观察到的教练行为是否介导了干预对青年发展的影响。这项研究的第三个目的是评估青年对教练行为的内在化是否介导了教练行为对他们的社会心理发展的影响。