The mediating role of psychological resilience between parenting styles and athletic performance in adolescent athletes: a serial multiple mediation model

(1) Family dynamics influence adolescent athletes' development through neuroplasticity-related psychological pathways. Authoritative parenting benefits sustainable performance by satisfying basic needs and enhancing resilience, more strongly in late adolescence.(2) Authoritarian parenting harms long-term participation via unmet needs, reduced resilience and biological costs; permissive parenting directly impairs performance due to poor goal structuring.(3) Findings call for developmentally and culturally appropriate parenting interventions, promoting a biopsychosocial framework centered on family systems in sport psychology.