Investigating the Mediating Role of Passion between Subjective Norms and Players’ Resilience among Female Hockey Players in the Universities of Pakistan

Athletes require resilience in order to handle obstacles and disappointments, especially in competitive sporting contexts. In Pakistan, Women University hockey players, their social pressures and expectations of their peers, coaches, and families may have a significant impact on their psychological adaptation and performance. Passion can become a mediator in this relationship as it can be viewed as a powerful disposition to do something that one loves and values. This study attempts to examine these dynamics in the culturally specific context of the women hockey teams of Pakistan. Through a quantitative research design, 380 female hockey players at the university level in Punjab, Pakistan, were surveyed through purposive sampling. Validated scales were used to measure constructs and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling(PLS-SEM). This paper presents research that reveals the social context and the kind of passion that people invest in is the most important in the development of resilience.