Stressors, coping, and well-being among sports coaches: A systematic review
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Elite-level coaches generally operate within high-pressure environments where success and failure are scrutinised by the public and can negatively impact employment status if perceived underperformance occurs.
“elite-level coaches generally operate within high-pressure environments, where the margin between success and failure may be scrutinised by a range of individuals who operate within the public domain (e.g. fans, the media, former elite sportspeople) [21, 22], and can negatively impact one’s employment status if a coach is perceived to have regularly underperformed [23, 24].”
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Previous reviews have largely examined coach mental health across various competitive levels, including community and elite sports environments.
“previous reviews have also largely examined coach mental health across various competitive levels, including those operating in both community and elite sports environments [21, 22, 36, 37].”
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Previous reviews have summarised key concepts around stressors, wellbeing, coping strategies, and burnout among coaches.
“These studies have summarised key concepts around stressors [21, 22, 35, 36], wellbeing [21, 35, 36], coping strategies [3, 21, 36] and burnout [37].”
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- Authors
- Norris, L. A., Didymus, F. F., & Kaiseler, M.
- Affiliations
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Norris, Luke A.
- Venue
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-11
- Volume
- 33
- Pages
- 93-112
- ISSN
- 1469-0292 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2747748674
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 89
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 1.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Psychology of sport and exercise (publishedVersion)
- Leeds Beckett Repository (Leeds Beckett University) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- sports coaches, occupational stress, stressors, coping strategies, coach well-being, basic psychological needs, self-determination theory, social support, problem solving, coach performance, athletic performance
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