Measurement of Perceived Parental Success Standards in Sport and Relations with Athletes’ Self-Esteem, Performance Anxiety, and Achievement Goal Orientation: Comparing Parental and Coach Influences

Table 3

Analyses assessing the mediational properties of parental success standards in relation to coach-initiated motivational climate as predictors of anxiety and achievement goal orientations.

Athlete variable	Coach predictor variable	Parent mediator variable
Performance anxiety	Coach mastery climate	Perceived parent mastery standards	−3.25
		Perceived parent ego standards	−2.47
	Coach ego climate	Perceived parent mastery standards	0.18
		Perceived parent ego standards	3.35
Mastery AGO	Coach mastery climate	Perceived parent mastery standards	4.99
		Perceived parent ego standards	0.88
	Coach ego climate	Perceived parent mastery standards	−0.19
		Perceived parent ego standards	−0.91
Ego AGO	Coach mastery climate	Perceived parent mastery standards	0.05
		Perceived parent ego standards	−2.9
	Coach ego climate	Perceived parent mastery standards	0.1
		Perceived parent ego standards	5.77

Note. Significant scores indicate mediation by the parental success standards, reducing relations between the coach climate scores and the athlete criterion variables.
Aroian test equation [44]: .
: unstandardized regression coefficient for the association between the IV and the mediator.
: standard error of .
: regression coefficient for the association between the mediator and the DV, when controlling for the IV.
: standard error of .
⁢, , and .
AGO: achievement goal orientation.