The Dual Mediating Effects of Autonomous Behavior Regulation and Sport Coping in the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Performance in the High School Taekwondo Athletes

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the dual mediating effects of autonomous behavior regulation and sport coping in the relationship between mindfulness and performance in the high school taekwondo athletes. Methods The subjects of this study consisted of 554(boy 325, girl 229) high school students. The data was collected by cluster sampling method. The used instrument of this study were the Kwon, Cheon, & Song(2018) for measuring mindfulness scales, the Park & Kim(2010) for measuring autonomous behavior regulation scales, the Yoo & Park(1998) for measuring sports coping scales, and the Kim(2000) for measuring cognitive performance scales. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, factor analysis, correlation analysis, and mediating effect analysis as a statistical method. Results The results of this study was as follows. First, mindfulness positively influenced to autonomous behavior regulation, sport coping, and performance. And autonomous behavior regulation positively influenced to sport coping, performance. And sport coping positively influenced to performance. Second, there was a mediating effect in autonomous behavior regulation in the relationship between mindfulness and performance. Third, there was a mediating effect in sports coping in the relationship between mindfulness and performance. Forth, there was a dual mediation of autonomous behavior regulation and sports coping in the relationship between mindfulness and performance. Conclusions The purposes of this study was confirmed that mindfulness had dual mediates effect on performance through the autonomous behavior regulation and sports coping.