Correlates of Sport Satisfaction: The Role of Success Level, Personality Traits, and Emotional Competence in Team and Individual Sports
Correlates of Sport Satisfaction: The Role of Success Level, Personality Traits, and Emotional Competence in Team and Individual Sports

Summary/Abstract: Sport satisfaction is a crucial construct for sport psychologists, given its significant impact on athletes’ psychological well-being and engagement in sport activities. We aimed to explore the relationships between demographic, contextual, and personal factors with athlete sport satisfaction. A battery of measures, including the Athletic Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ), Big Five Inventory (BFI), and Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire (ESCQ45), was administered to a sample of 277 athletes (41.1% female) from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The sample represented a wide range of 16 different sports, encompassing both team (n = 170) and individual sports (n = 107), across various levels of competitive success. The analyses revealed that emotional competence and personality traits were the strongest correlates of sport satisfaction. Additionally, our results underscore the significance of the type of sport (team or individual) as a moderator, suggesting its importance for future research.

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