Key result
A caring team climate emerged as a positive predictor of mental well-being among collegiate baseball players, explaining 25% of the variance in athletes' mental well-being scores.
Why the study?
The study was designed to examine the extent to which collegiate baseball players' perceptions of their team climate predict their mental well-being.
Does perception of team climate predict mental well-being in collegiate baseball players?
Cross-Sectional (n=127)
Does perception of team climate predict mental well-being in collegiate baseball players?
Effect estimate: 25% of variance explained
A caring and task-involving team climate positively predicts mental well-being in collegiate baseball players.
May support fostering caring team climates for collegiate athlete mental health; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
The purpose of this study, grounded in the Achievement Goal Perspective Theory (AGPT) and a Caring framework, was to examine the extent that collegiate baseball players' perceptions of their team climate (i.e., caring, task-, and ego-involving climate) predict their mental well-being.Baseball players (N = 127) completed measures assessing perceptions of team climate (Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire, Caring Climate Scale) and mental well-being (World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index).Spearman correlation analysis revealed a positive relationship between the caring and task-involving climate scales, and mental well-being, respectively.In a full entry model linear regression, caring climate emerged as a positive predictor of mental well-being, explaining 25% of the variance of athletes' mental well-being scores.The findings suggest that encouraging coaches to foster a caring and task-involving climate might assist in enhancing collegiate athletes' mental well-being.Athletes perceiving a high caring and task-involving environment are more likely to experience improved mental well-being.
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Erdész et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Mental well-being (n=127). Perceptions of team climate (caring, task-, and ego-involving climate) was evaluated on Mental well-being scores (25% of variance explained). A caring team climate emerged as a positive predictor of mental well-being among collegiate baseball players, explaining 25% of the variance in athletes' mental well-being scores.
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