AUTHOR=Lee Seungjoo , Kwon Sungho , Ahn Jihoon 

TITLE=The Effect of Modeling on Self-Efficacy and Flow State of Adolescent Athletes Through Role Models

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661557

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661557

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>This study aimed to verify the effects of role modeling on adolescent athletes’ self-efficacy and flow state. The subjects were middle school and high school athletes registered with the Korean Sport &amp; Olympic Committee. From the collected data, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation model analysis were performed. To verify the mediating effects of self-efficacy in the relationship between modeling and flow state, structural equation modeling analysis was conducted. The direct effects of adolescent athlete modeling on flow state (<italic>β</italic> = 0.416, <italic>B</italic> = 0.244, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01) and self-efficacy (<italic>β</italic> = 0.479, <italic>B</italic> = 0.500, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01) were all significant, and the direct effects of self-efficacy on flow state (<italic>β</italic> = 0.404, <italic>B</italic> = 0.227, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01) were also significant. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the indirect effect of modeling on flow state (<italic>β</italic> = 0.194, <italic>B</italic> = 0.114, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01) was significant, and that the partial mediated effects of self-efficacy were significant. Thus, we confirmed that when adolescent athlete use modeling through a role model, their self-efficacy increased which in turn led to a positive effect on the ability to achieve a flow state.</p>