Relationship between ruminative dispositions and perceived sports performance in young elite athletes in Hong Kong

The role of problem-oriented coping strategies

Bibliographic Data

ID13130987
AuthorsDong-Tai Chen (0009-0009-1410-6432, National Taiwan Normal University), Jui‐Ti Nien (0000-0003-3747-3154, University of Taipei, corresponding author), Xiaoling Geng (0000-0002-6854-6902, National Taiwan Normal University, corresponding author), Jeffrey Xu Yu (0000-0002-9738-827X, National Taiwan Normal University), Chatkamon Singhnoy (Burapha University), Yu‐Kai Chang (0000-0002-2675-5706, National Taiwan Normal University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume7
Pages1513277-1513277
Publication date2025-02-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sports and Active Living (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2624-9367 • E-ISSN: 2624-9367
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fspor.2025.1513277
PMID40093424
OpenAlexW4408042656
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited100

There is a nuanced relationship between rumination and sports performance, which may depend on individuals being predisposed to specific facets of rumination. Additionally, ruminative dispositions are intertwined with coping strategies, with both playing crucial roles in sports performance. This study aimed to investigate the relationships among ruminative dispositions, coping strategies, and sports performance in athletes, considering the perspective of multi-dimensional rumination. This study also examined whether coping strategies are associated with the relationship between ruminative dispositions and perceived sports performance. Parallel mediation analysis was conducted on 111 young elite athletes from the Hong Kong national team to examine the relationships between ruminative dispositions, coping strategies, and sports performance. The results revealed that emotion-focused ruminative disposition (ERD) and meaning-searching ruminative disposition (MRD) were negatively associated with perceived sports performance, with problem-oriented coping (POC) playing a partial role. In contrast, instrumental ruminative disposition (IRD) was positively associated with perceived sports performance, fully via POC. These findings suggest that athletes with higher levels of ERD and MRD tend to use POC less frequently, which was associated with poor perceived sports performance. Conversely, athletes with higher levels of IRD tend to employ POC more frequently, which was positively associated with perceived sports performance. The proposed model provides the theoretical framework for multi-dimensional rumination in sports psychology and outlines the potential impact of coping strategies on athletic performance. Importantly, this research underscores that the outcome of rumination is contingent upon its focus

Athletes · Cognition · Competitive athletes · Coping (psychology · Disposition · Elite Athletes · Rumination · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology · Social Psychology

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