Development of a psychological resilience model for university athletes

Abstract

is study aimed to develop a psychological resilience model for university athletes PRMUA. University athletes N377; 188 men and 189 women, Mean age19.70 years, SD1.20 participated in the study. ey completed a questionnaire comprising of socio-demographic questions and questions on resilience, resilience ee-cacy, stressors, stress response, and self-esteem. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothetical mediation model of PRMUA, which indicated that t indices of the model satissed statistical requirements GFI.99, AGFI.94, CFI.99, RMSEA.08, AIC48.32, BCC48.93. Moreover, each path of PRMUA had a signiicant innuence on each variable. Findings of this study partially supported our hypotheses regarding PRMUA. Further research is needed to clarify the nature of resilience. Moreover, longitudinal research is needed to develop practical uses for the model, such as increasing and predicting the resilience of athletic club members.