@misc{10481/61185, year = {2020}, month = {1}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61185}, abstract = {The aim of this study was to examine the e ects of the motivational climate created by the coach and perceived by a group of young, high-performance handball players on their fear of failure and precompetitive anxiety. The study participants were 479 young handball players. The age range was 16–17 years old. Players were administered a battery composed of a Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire, a Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory, and Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2R, to measure the aforementioned theoretical constructs. Using structural equation modelling (SEM), the results showed that the handball players experienced high levels task-involving climate and moderate values of self-confidence. In contrast, players experienced lower levels of ego-involving climate, fear of failure, and cognitive and somatic anxiety. The obtained model shows that fear of failure positively mediates the association between an ego-involving climate with both cognitive and somatic anxiety, and negatively in terms of self-confidence. In contrast, fear of failure does not mediate the associations between a task-involving climate and both somatic and cognitive anxiety and self-confidence.}, publisher = {MDPI}, keywords = {Coach}, keywords = {Motivation}, keywords = {Team sports}, keywords = {Failure}, keywords = {Well-being}, keywords = {Performances}, title = {Effects of Motivational Climate on Fear of Failure and Anxiety in Teen Handball Players}, doi = {10.3390/ijerph17020592}, author = {Gómez López, Manuel and Borrego, Carla Chicau and da Silva, Carlos Marques and Granero-Gallegos, Antonio and González Hernández, Juan}, }