Gratitude and Adolescent Athletes’ Well-Being: The Multiple Mediating Roles of Perceived Social Support from Coaches and Teammates

Since the positive psychology was emerged from 2000s, these positive constructs contribute to athlete’s well-being received
much attention in sport. However, gratitude is a topic rarely discussed in the sport psychology. Thus, the current study aims
at investigated the relationship between gratitude and athlete well-being. Furthermore, the mechanisms underlie the relationship
was also explored. We proposed that the perceived social support from coach and teammate would be mediators. Participants
were 291 adolescent athletes. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothesis. Results indicated that gratitude
is a positive related to athlete’s well-being. Besides, multiple-mediators analysis indicated that both perceived coach and
teammate social support partially mediated the relationship between gratitude and athlete’s well-being. This study contributes
to the gratitude and well-being literature by unpacking the essential psychological process behind the relationship. Implication
and application were discussed in term of gratitude theory and social support.