Relationship Between Leadership Behaviour and Resilience Among Young Adults in Sports

Young adults are important elements of providing energy, excitement and talent to a variety of sporting activities. Resilience is the psychological attribute. Resilient individual can adapt to adversity, disasters, and trauma. They find methods to overcome life ups and downs and move forward. Leadership behaviors are the acts and behaviors that leaders include into their managing styles to effectively. The capacity to adjust, bounce back from losses, and lead successfully during uncertain or changing circumstances is resilience in leadership. This study examines the relationship between leadership behavior and resilience among young adults in sports. Survey method was used in this study and simple random sampling technique was used to select the participants. Standardized measures were used: Leadership Scale for sports (LSS) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Participants were 61 from young adults (18-26) from a variety sports player. Results of the study shows that the positive correlation between leadership behavior and resilience. This indicates that as leaders exhibit more effective behaviors, their resilience tends to increase.