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Coping Amongst Elite-Level Sports Coaches: A Systematic Review

Olsen, Maja Gunhild, Haugan, Jan Arvid, Hrozanova, Maria, Moen, Frode·2021·International Sport Coaching Journal
DOI 10.1123/iscj.2019-0051
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The current study presents a systematic review of six empirical research studies that have explored coping amongst elite-level sport coaches. The study was carried out employing Fletcher et al.’s meta-model of stress, emotions, and performance as a basis for the review. The present results clearly revealed that, despite being an important aspect of coaches’ functioning, coping is almost never researched in its full complexity, and scarce attention is given to cognitive appraisals and long-term outcomes. To our knowledge, current research has so far been limited to the perceived stressors and employed coping strategies. Compared with problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping is less frequently reported. Emotion-focused coping also has some limitations regarding occurrence and diversity in reported strategies. The reasons for this are not well-known due to the lack of comprehensiveness in the research. Hence, researchers are encouraged to further investigate coping amongst elite-level coaches and to do so by treating it as a concept affected by appraisals and personal and situational characteristics that exist in the context of a larger stress process.

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  • Elite-level coaches perform diverse roles and responsibilities beyond technical, tactical, and strategic expertise, including educator, motivator, counsellor, and friend.

    “In addition to their technical, tactical, and strategic expertise, coaches also serve as educators, motivators, counsellors and even friends [1–4].”

    From The Mental Health of Elite-Level Coaches: A Systematic Scoping Review (2024) · cites this paper as [3]

  • 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].”

    From The Mental Health of Elite-Level Coaches: A Systematic Scoping Review (2024) · cites this paper as [3]

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Authors
Olsen, M. G., Haugan, J. A., Hrozanova, M., & Moen, F.
Affiliations
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
ORCID
Venue
International Sport Coaching Journal
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Published
2021-01-01
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
34-47
ISSN
  • 2328-918X (ISSN-L)
  • 2328-9198
DOI
10.1123/iscj.2019-0051
OpenAlex
W3083855576
Cited by
24
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 3
FWCI
0.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
International Sport Coaching Journal (publishedVersion)
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
coping, stress, emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, cognitive appraisal, stress process, long-term outcomes

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