Table 8 Indirect association of achievement goals in the relationship between coaches’ dedication and adolescent athletes’ sport-cognitive level.

From: The predict of coaches’ care on the sports cognitive level of adolescent athletes: the indirect association of achievement goals

Effect

path

Estimate

 

95%CI

p

Lower

Upper

Direct effect

DED → MIR

0.392

***

0.337

1.045

Indirect effect

DED → TSK → MIR

−0.012

0.113

−0.686

0.203

Indirect effect

DED → EGO → MIR

0.008

*

−0.782

0.091

Total effect

DED → MIR

0.389

0.277

−0.141

0.470

Direct effect

DED → ATT

0.426

***

0.363

1.211

Indirect effect

DED → TSK → ATT

−0.024

0.085

−0.693

0.200

Indirect effect

DED → EGO → ATT

0.008

*

−0.719

0.075

Total effect

DED → ATT

0.410

0.147

−0.085

0.491

Direct effect

DED → COG

0.387

***

0.329

1.055

Indirect effect

DED → TSK → COG

−0.031

0.127

−0.711

0.181

Indirect effect

DED → EGO → COG

0.012

*

−0.931

0.145

Total effect

DED → COG

0.368

0.384

−0.212

0.466

Direct effect

DED → SPP

0.408

***

0.348

1.200

Indirect effect

DED → TSK → SPP

−0.034

0.186

−0.659

0.147

Indirect effect

DED → EGO → SPP

0.011

*

−0.826

0.116

Total effect

DED → SPP

0.386

0.240

−0.140

0.474

  1. TSK task-oriented goals, EGO ego-oriented goals, MIR motor imagery, ATT attentional capacity, COG cognitive ability, DED dedication, SPP sport perception.
  2. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.