Effect of parent responsiveness on young athletes’ self-perceptions and thriving: An exploratory study in a Belgian French-Community

International audience ; Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of parental responsive support (observed) and perceived parental responsive support on athletes’ self-perceptions and thriving. Methods: Forty-one French-speaking Belgian individual sport athletes aged 12-15 years (M = 13.13, SD = 0.90) and one of their parent’s spent 10 minutes discussing three important athletes’ sport-related goals for the next season. The discussion was video-taped and coded to identify parents’ responsive support behaviors. After the discussion, athletes responded to a series of que... Mehr ...