청소년 운동선수들의 생애목표와 스포츠 행복지각의 관계에서 그릿(Grit)과 운동정체성의 매개효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze structural relations among the life goals, grit, athletic identity, and sports happiness perception of adolescent athletes and also the mediating effects of grit and athletic identity between life goals and sports happiness perception. For this purpose, the investigator applied the purposive sampling method to male and female athletes in physical education and general middle and school schools around the nation and used 319 final valid samples in total in an analysis. Data was treated with SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0. A fitness test was conducted for the entire models and followed by the testing of hypotheses. The findings were as follows: first, orientation toward life and achievement under life goals had positive effects on the grit of adolescent athletes; secondly, grit had significant effects on their athletic identity; thirdly, athletic identity had significant impacts on their sports happiness perception; and finally, grit and athletic identity had significant mediating effects on relations between their life goals and sports happiness perception. In short, instructors in the field of sports and parents need to take a lot of interest and make much effort to help adolescent athletes have harmonious life goals before having worries over such negative outcomes as their quitting decision, stress, exhaustion, and depression.