Self-determination, parental support and coping: comparison at different stages of soccer players athletic career ; Autodeterminación, apoyo de los padres y coping: comparación en diferentes etapas de la carrera deportiva de los futebolistas ; Autodeterminação, suporte parental e coping: comparação em diferentes fases da carreira atlética de futebolistas

The transition phases of the athletic career have specific demands and needs. Thus, investigating the personal attributes that the athletes have, such as self-determined motivation, coping strategies and parental support they receive, is necessary to verify the management of stressful situations within the sports context, in order to guarantee the adhesion and continuity of the sports practice. This research aimed to investigate the personal attributes of soccer athletes at different stages of athletic development. The subjects were 120 field soccer athletes from a club of the First Division of the Brazilian Championship (13 to 20 years old). As instruments, The Sport Motivation Scale, The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory and The Parenting Styles Inventory were used to assess personal attributes. Motivation, Coping Skills and Parenting Styles were compared among three stages of the sports career: Experimentation, Specialization, and Investment, using Levene’s Test, ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc and Kruskall-Wallis with Mann-Whitney U to compare between pairs. The results showed the group of athletes in Investment Stage had higher values of Self-determination, greater range of Coping Skills and perception of Parenting Support. Throughout the sports career stages, personal attributes tend to improve, with Coping Skills and Self-determination geared towards training and performance. In addition, parental support is important to maintain the sporting career until the Investment stage. ; Las fases de transición de la carrera deportiva tienen demandas y necesidades específicas. Así, investigar los atributos personales que poseen los deportistas, como la motivación autodeterminada, las estrategias de afrontamiento y el apoyo de los padres que reciben, es necesario para verificar el manejo de las situaciones estresantes dentro del contexto deportivo, a fin de garantizar la adhesión y continuidad de la práctica deportiva. El objetivo de este estudio fue investigar los atributos personales de los atletas de fútbol de ...