Table 9 Indirect Association of Achievement Goals in the Relationship Between Coaches’ Supportiveness 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

SUP → MIR

0.429

***

0.374

1.010

Indirect effect

SUP → TSK → MIR

−0.034

*

−0.528

0.479

Indirect effect

SUP → EGO → MIR

0.149

**

−0.452

0.495

Total effect

SUP → MIR

0.544

**

0.156

0.616

Direct effect

SUP → ATT

0.466

***

0.398

1.159

Indirect effect

SUP → TSK → ATT

−0.068

*

−0.582

0.504

Indirect effect

SUP → EGO → ATT

0.135

**

−0.503

0.430

Total effect

SUP → ATT

0.532

**

0.209

0.639

Direct effect

SUP → COG

0.423

***

0.366

1.017

Indirect effect

SUP → TSK → COG

−0.088

0.066

−0.585

0.487

Indirect effect

SUP → EGO → COG

0.220

**

−0.526

0.727

Total effect

SUP → COG

0.557

*

0.115

0.635

Direct effect

SUP → SPP

0.447

***

0.387

1.151

Indirect effect

SUP → TSK → SPP

−0.095

0.124

−0.557

0.453

Indirect effect

SUP → EGO → SPP

0.192

**

−0.480

0.627

Total effect

SUP → SPP

0.544

**

0.211

0.648

  1. TSK task-oriented goals, EGO ego-oriented goals, MIR motor imagery, ATT attentional capacity, COG cognitive ability, SUP supportiveness, SPP sport perception.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.