Soccer athlete resilience: the impact of controlling coaching style, humor, and perfectionism

Abstract

Many athletes face difficulties recovering after low performance, injuries or other setbacks. Despite this, the predictor of resilience is not really obvious. The study's cross-sectional design examined the impact of humor, controllable coaching style, and perfectionism on athletes' resilience. There were 98 male soccer players who were purposely selected from students that competed in the Vice Chancellor Cup in 2022. Among the 98 individuals, 58.17% belonged to the 18–25 age group. There were four instruments in use: The shorter almost perfect scale, the brief resilience scale, and the controlling coaching style scale The findings showed that humor (t=2.774; P < 0.05) had a positive impact on resilience whereas a controlling coaching style had an adverse effect (t=- -2.399; P < 0.05). It is concluded that coaching style and personality factors jointly interact to predict resilience (F= 3.643 P < 0.5.). The results suggest that when developing interventions geared at promoting resilience, coaching style and humor should be taken into consideration.