The quality of the coach-athlete relationship as defined by the 4Cs is instrumental to performance success and wellbeing¶

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q2 i? Qualitative studies of coach-athlete relationships indicate that relationship quality operationalised by the 4Cs is instrumental to performance success and wellbeing. → Jowett 2017

Evidence¶

Jowett 2017¶

Jowett, S. (2017). Coaching Effectiveness: The Coach-Athlete Relationship at its Heart. Current Opinion in Psychology, 16, 154-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.05.006

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The review reports a series of qualitative studies exploring the content and functions of relationships that were successful and less so, with the overall finding that 4Cs-defined relationship quality is instrumental to performance success and wellbeing. As a narrative synthesis of qualitative work, no effect sizes are printed.

"There have been a series of qualitative studies exploring the content and functions of relationships that were successful and less so [20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]. Overall, the findings highlight that the quality of the coach-athlete relationship as defined and operationalised by the 4Cs is instrumental to performance success and wellbeing."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Good quality coach-athlete relationships are associated with satisfaction with performance, personal treatment and training, higher motivation and physical self-concept, and greater team cohesion and collective efficacy — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Coach-athlete relationship and coach leadership or behaviours considered together are better predictors of athletes' and coaches' outcomes than either alone — related
• Athletes' personality affects coaches' perceptions of relationship quality, with more difficult personalities linked to lower closeness, commitment and complementarity — related
• Same-gender coach-athlete dyads perceive higher relationship quality (closeness, commitment, complementarity) than other-gender dyads — related