TY - JOUR
T1 - The light quartet
T2 - Positive personality traits and approaches to coping in sport coaches
AU - Laborde, Sylvain
AU - Guillén, Félix
AU - Watson, Matthew
AU - Allen, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Objectives - Research on coping in sport has focused predominantly on athletes. However, coping is also relevant to coaches who are known to experience much competitive stress. The aim of this investigation was to examine the association between positive personality traits (the light quartet: hope, optimism, perseverance, and resilience) and coping strategies adopted by sport coaches. Design - Cross-sectional observational study. Method In total, 2135 Spanish individual and team sport coaches (657 women, 1478 men, mean age = 31.10 years, range = 18–74 years), working in 41 different sports, completed a battery of questionnaires assessing approaches to coping, hope, optimism, perseverance, resilience, and various demographic questions. Results - The data showed that facets of the light quartet were associated with the coping strategies adopted by coaches. Perseverance and resilience were most important for emotional calming and active planning, optimism was most important for mental withdrawal and turning to religion, hope and perseverance were most important for seeking social support, and optimism and perseverance were most important for taking behavioral risks. Some associations between personality and coping were moderated by coach sex and type of sport coached (team vs. individual). Conclusions - The findings of this study provide evidence that positive personality traits are important for coping among sport coaches. Further research using prospective designs and natural experimental methods is encouraged.
AB - Objectives - Research on coping in sport has focused predominantly on athletes. However, coping is also relevant to coaches who are known to experience much competitive stress. The aim of this investigation was to examine the association between positive personality traits (the light quartet: hope, optimism, perseverance, and resilience) and coping strategies adopted by sport coaches. Design - Cross-sectional observational study. Method In total, 2135 Spanish individual and team sport coaches (657 women, 1478 men, mean age = 31.10 years, range = 18–74 years), working in 41 different sports, completed a battery of questionnaires assessing approaches to coping, hope, optimism, perseverance, resilience, and various demographic questions. Results - The data showed that facets of the light quartet were associated with the coping strategies adopted by coaches. Perseverance and resilience were most important for emotional calming and active planning, optimism was most important for mental withdrawal and turning to religion, hope and perseverance were most important for seeking social support, and optimism and perseverance were most important for taking behavioral risks. Some associations between personality and coping were moderated by coach sex and type of sport coached (team vs. individual). Conclusions - The findings of this study provide evidence that positive personality traits are important for coping among sport coaches. Further research using prospective designs and natural experimental methods is encouraged.
KW - Hope
KW - Optimism
KW - Perseverance
KW - Positive psychology
KW - Resilience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021053797&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.06.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021053797
SN - 1469-0292
VL - 32
SP - 67
EP - 73
JO - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
JF - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
ER -