Analyzing The Effects Of Coaching Behavior On Sports Competition Anxiety Of National Level Field Hockey Players; Mediating Role Of Parental Involvement

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the effects of coaching behavior on sports competition anxiety and exploring the mediating role of parental involvement in sports. The research study was descriptive and Cross-Sectional in nature. The study was conducted in Pakistan. All the national level male field hockey players of various registered clubs with Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) of targeted cities (Gogra, Bannu, Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Quetta, Skardu, Bhakkar, D.I. Khan and Rawlakot) formed the population of the study.  According to the data taken from PHF the total number of population was 685. Sample size was 280 national level field[1] hockey players 40% of the population using Raosoft's online calculator was taken. The researcher selected a representative sample size using simple random sampling technique. The researcher used structured questionnaires adopted from earlier studies from related literature. General Demographic Questionnaire, CBS-S, SCAT and PISQ were used. The collected data was analyzed through MS Excel and SPSS version-26. The results of the current study showed that, coaching behavior has positive effect on sports competition anxiety of players. There is a strong positive relationship between coaching behavior and sports competitive anxiety. Parental involvement has a complete mediation effect in correlating coaching behavior and psychological performance.