Chen, LH, Wu, C-H orcid.org/0000-0002-8011-6323, Ni, YL et al. (1 more author) (2021) The differential interaction effect of mastery and performance climate on athletes’ emotional and physical exhaustion: The role of athletes’ gratitude. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. ISSN 2157-3905
Abstract
Motivational climate (i.e., mastery and performance climate) has been found to shape athletes’ emotional and physical exhaustion, the core dimension of burnout. However, the interactional effect between mastery and performance climate on emotional and physical exhaustion has been rarely examined. In this study, we proposed that athletes’ gratitude will determine the interaction effect of mastery climate and performance climate on emotional and physical exhaustion. Specifically, we hypothesized that among athletes high in gratitude, mastery climate can mitigate the association between performance climate and emotional and physical exhaustion; among those low in gratitude, mastery climate can intensify the association between performance climate and emotional and physical exhaustion. Using a time-lagged survey, data from 293 athletes revealed a three-way interaction effect among mastery climate, performance climate, and gratitude. We did not find that mastery climate can mitigate the association between performance climate and emotional and physical exhaustion for those high in gratitude but found that among athletes low in gratitude, the positive association between performance climate and emotional and physical exhaustion was stronger in a higher mastery climate than in a lower mastery climate. Our study offers an interactionist perspective to help further understand the joint effect of mastery and performance climates on emotional and physical exhaustion by taking the role of individual differences into account.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©American Psychological Association, 2021. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000257 |
Keywords: | social network, goal conflict, motivational ambivalence, chronic stressors |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Organizational Behaviour (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2020 11:16 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2021 20:41 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/spy0000257 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168612 |