Abstract

This study was to examine the structural model among positive psychological capital, athlete engagement and perceived performance, and to verify the mediating effects of athlete engagement on adolescent student athletes. In this study, The study was conducted by collecting data of 437 adolescent student athletes. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation model analysis using PASW 25.0 and AMOS 21.0 program, and bootstrapping was used to verify the significance of mediating effects. The results of this study were as follows: Firstly, positive psychological capital of adolescent student athletes had positive effect on perceived performance. Secondly, positive psychological capital had positive effect on athlete engagement. Thirdly, athlete engagement had positive effect on perceived performance. Fourthly, athlete engagement partially mediated the relationship between positive psychological capital and perceived performance. Therefore, it will be necessary to actively develop and apply psychological intervention programs based on positive psychological capital to improve the perceived performance of adolescent student athletes, which will contribute to the success of adolescent student athletes.

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