When Does Dispositional Gratitude Help Athletes Move Away From Experiential Avoidance? The Moderating Role of Perceived Autonomy Support From Coaches

Hung Chen, Lung; Wu, Chia-Huei

doi:10.1080/10413200.2016.1162221

When Does Dispositional Gratitude Help Athletes Move Away From Experiential Avoidance? The Moderating Role of Perceived Autonomy Support From Coaches

Hung Chen, Lung; Wu, Chia-Huei

Authors

Lung Hung Chen

Chia-Huei Wu

Abstract

Experiential avoidance, the attempt to avoid negative experiences, can prevent athletes from reaching their goals. To mitigate this tendency, the authors offer a relational approach and propose that dispositional gratitude and perceived autonomy support from coaches will have an interaction effect in mitigating experiential avoidance. Time-lagged data from 140 athletes were analyzed. Dispositional gratitude and perceived coach autonomy support had a significant interaction effect on predicting experiential avoidance when Time 1 experiential avoidance was controlled. Those high in dispositional gratitude and perceived coach autonomy support decreased their experiential avoidance over time. Implications and application for experiential avoidance and gratitude are discussed.

Citation

Hung Chen, L., & Wu, C. (2016). When Does Dispositional Gratitude Help Athletes Move Away From Experiential Avoidance? The Moderating Role of Perceived Autonomy Support From Coaches. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 28(3), 338-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2016.1162221

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 8, 2016
Online Publication Date	Apr 19, 2016
Publication Date	Jul 2, 2016
Deposit Date	Jul 13, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Jul 16, 2018
Journal	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
Print ISSN	1041-3200
Electronic ISSN	1533-1571
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	28
Issue	3
Pages	338-349
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2016.1162221
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1354196

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology on 19 Apr 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10413200.2016.1162221.