TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of coach training on fear of failure in youth swimmers
T2 - A latent growth curve analysis from a randomized, controlled trial
AU - Conroy, David E.
AU - Coatsworth, J. Douglas
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Penn State Children, Youth, and Families Consortium. Thanks to Camille Cassidy, Angie Fifer, Sarah Gates, Jon Metzler, Sarah Meyer, Jess Miller, Katherine Morris, Rodney Terry, and Jen Polito for their assistance with coach training, data collection, and data entry. Thanks also to Jeff Hall, Todd Roth, and Ronald Woodhead with Centre Region Parks and Recreation for their collaboration in this project, and to Ron Smith and Frank Smoll for their helpful discussions throughout this research.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - The present study was a randomized trial of the efficacy of psychosocial and injury prevention-based coach training programs for reducing fear of failure (FF) among youth swimmers aged 7 to 18 years. Results revealed that (a) psychosocial training increased coaches' use of reward/reinforcement, (b) the FF measure demonstrated strong factorial invariance over three measurement occasions in a 7-week period, (c) significant variability existed in intercepts, and (d) the type of training coaches received did not predict the slope of youth FF over the season after the variability in intercepts was modeled (i.e., the coach training program did not reduce youth FF significantly). This finding stands in contrast to previous research showing that a similar psychosocial coach training program reduced performance anxiety among 10- to 12 year-old boys. Despite the equivocal nature of the coach training literature, there is no evidence that these programs are harmful and psychosocial coach training may provide some benefits while the necessary conditions for consistent positive youth development effects are being determined.
AB - The present study was a randomized trial of the efficacy of psychosocial and injury prevention-based coach training programs for reducing fear of failure (FF) among youth swimmers aged 7 to 18 years. Results revealed that (a) psychosocial training increased coaches' use of reward/reinforcement, (b) the FF measure demonstrated strong factorial invariance over three measurement occasions in a 7-week period, (c) significant variability existed in intercepts, and (d) the type of training coaches received did not predict the slope of youth FF over the season after the variability in intercepts was modeled (i.e., the coach training program did not reduce youth FF significantly). This finding stands in contrast to previous research showing that a similar psychosocial coach training program reduced performance anxiety among 10- to 12 year-old boys. Despite the equivocal nature of the coach training literature, there is no evidence that these programs are harmful and psychosocial coach training may provide some benefits while the necessary conditions for consistent positive youth development effects are being determined.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.02.007
DO - 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.02.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1842731692
SN - 0193-3973
VL - 25
SP - 193
EP - 214
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
IS - 2
ER -