Using situational leadership models, the current study examined direct and indirect relationships between coaching styles (i.e., democratic and autocratic) and athletes’ intent to continue participation via enjoyment in the sport of artistic swimming. Data were collected using an online survey with a snowball sampling method. A total of 202 artistic swimmers at the elite level from 22 countries participated in this study. The findings showed that participants who trained with democratic-style coaches reported higher levels of athletic enjoyment and intent to continue their athletic careers. There was no mediating effect of athletic enjoyment between coaching styles and intent to continue via athletic enjoyment; instead, the results revealed that the direct path between athletic enjoyment and intent to continue was not significant. However, the results supported the direct relationships between both coaching styles and athletic enjoyment and between autocratic coaching style and intent to continue an athletic career.

本研究使用情景领导模型，研究了教练风格（即民主和专制）与运动员通过享受艺术游泳运动继续参与的意图之间的直接和间接关系。数据是使用雪球采样法进行的在线调查收集的。来自22个国家的202名精英水平的艺术游泳者参加了这项研究。调查结果表明，接受民主式教练培训的参与者报告了更高水平的运动乐趣和继续他们的运动生涯的意愿。在教练风格和通过运动享受继续的意图之间没有运动享受的中介作用；取而代之的是，结果表明，在运动享受与持续意愿之间的直接路径并不重要。然而，