Jeremie Verner-Filion *, Robert J. Vallerand **, Eric G. Donahue *, Elise Moreau ***, Annick Martin * and Genevieve A. Mageau ***
(*) Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
(**) McGill University, Montréal, Canada and Australian Catholic University
(***) Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Citation
Verner-Filion, J., J. Vallerand, R., G. Donahue, E., Moreau, E., Martin, A., A. Mageau, G. (2014). Passion, coping, and anxiety in Sport: the interplay between key motivational and self-regulatory processes. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 45(6), 516-537. doi:10.7352/IJSP.2014.45.516
Abstract
The present paper examined the interplay between key motivational and selfregulatory processes, namely passion and coping strategies, and their relation with anxiety in the sport domain. Two studies with a combined 348 athletes were conducted in order to test a model whereby two types of passion were differentially related to anxiety through the use of different coping strategies. Overall, results supported our hypotheses by demonstrating that harmonious passion was associated to approach-oriented coping strategies which, in turn, were related to less anxiety. In contrast, obsessive passion was positively related to avoidance-oriented coping strategies which, in turn, were associated with more anxiety. This paper identifies coping strategies as a mediator in the relation between passion and anxiety, thus providing further support for the study of the relation between motivational and self-regulatory processes in order to better understand athletes’ psychological adjustment in sport.
Keywords: Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Passion, Sport