英文摘要 |
Due to the highly competitive nature of sports, coaches tend to adopt strict, controlling behaviors to ensure that athletes apply themselves to their training. Such behavior is thus an important and frequent research topic. Studies in Western contexts mostly adopt self-determination theory and find that demanding behavior by coaches negatively affects athletes’motivation and well-being. However, scholars in East Asian contexts take a different perspective. Specifically, claiming that the coach–athlete relationship reflects the hierarchical and relational principles of Confucianism, these scholars argue that as coaches are responsible for developing athletes’potential, instructing athletes, and honing athletes’skills, East Asian athletes regard demanding behaviors by their coach, such as demanding that athletes achieve high goals, as confirmation of their coach’s belief in their potential and ability. To integrate these different theoretical perspectives from different cultural contexts and contribute to the literature on demanding behaviors by coaches, this study reviews recent research in both Western and Eastern contexts to illustrate the differences and similarities. The results provide directions for future research. It is hoped that follow-up research will further examine demanding behavior by coaches to enhance academic understanding and identify practical implications. |