Author(s): MA, W.1, LI, M.2, Institution: BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY, Country: CHINA, Abstract-ID: 1873

Introduction:
This study attempts to reveal the influence of internal motivation of young football players on psychological well-being under the effect of interpersonal factors, trying to explore: 1.What is the current status of youth football players internal participation motivation and psychological well-being? 2.Does the psychological well-being differ according to sex and gender role? 3.Do interpersonal relationships (with family, teammates, and coaches) mediate the effects of participation motivation on psychological well-being?
Methods:
A questionnaire survey was conducted on young players from 3 high schools in X City, China. A total of 110 valid questionnaires were collected. The questionnaire was combined with the Sports Motivation Scale, 12-Item Bem Sex Role Inventory, Psychological Well-being Scale, etc., which had good reliability and validity.
Results and discussion:
1.Male students are significantly higher than female students in the dimensions of internal motivation (p<0.05, d=0.458), relationship with coach (p<0.001, d=1.011) and psychological well-being (p<0.01, d=0.612). This may be because boys are more likely to pursue the happiness brought by football, and football coaches are dominated by men. And girls under the influence of gender role stereotypes may be subjected to social expectation pressure.
2.Gender role: In the dimension of psychological happiness(p<0.05, η²=0.400), androgynous students(M=5.619, SD=0.441) are significantly higher than masculine (M=5.131, SD=0.341) and feminine(M=5.003, SD=0.754) and undifferentiated students(M=4.522, SD=0.723). This is consistent with previous studies that androgyny is more likely to experience life satisfaction and happiness.
3.Interpersonal relationships plays a mediating role in the influence of football participation internal motivation on psychological well-being.
Fathers creation of a learning-oriented climate plays a partial mediating role. The internal motivation of football participation can directly affect psychological well-being (β=0.271, p<0.001), or indirectly affect psychological well-being (β=0.507, p<0.001) through the influence of fathers creation of a learning-oriented atmosphere (β=0.412, p<0.001). This indicates that when students have a strong internal motivation, they will notice more fathers guidance on learning orientation. And fathers are more likely to support children in grasping goals, which is a coupling interaction, forming the family support. The direct promotion may be because students with higher internal motivation have more fun and self-realization in sports, which also indicates the transfer effects of sports.
Similarly, the relationship between students and coaches plays a completely mediating role and the teams joint efforts plays a partial mediating role.