Relationship of formal training on coaches’ leadership and self-determination and well-being of athletes with intellectual disabilities
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v46.93064Keywords:
Leadership; Adapted Sports; Intellectual Disability; Coaches; Athletes; Self-determination; Basic Psychological Needs; Satisfaction with life; AffectsAbstract
Coaches are widely recognised as one of the most important social agents in the sporting landscape. It is essential to analyse the coach-athlete relationship, as it is essential for athletes with intellectual disabilities. The study has as main objective to identify the leadership of coaches, to know the degree of self-determination, basic psychological needs, satisfaction with life and affections of athletes with intellectual disability (ID) and to examine the relationship of formal training of coaches in the aforementioned variables. The research is descriptive and cross-sectional, with a sample consisting of 50 coaches and 94 athletes from the universe of Special Olympics Portugal (SOP). Several instruments were used to measure leadership, self-determination, basic psychological needs, life satisfaction and affections. In view of the results obtained, it can be seen that coaches perceive themselves as having a leadership tending more towards reinforcement and training-instruction. The athletes have an autonomous motivation for sport, they privilege the autonomy provided by the sport activity. These premises allow athletes to show high values of life satisfaction and positive affect. In short, sport for athletes with intellectual disabilities has a transformative effect, not only in the sport but also in the social context.
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