Data used in analysis.

The main objective of this study was to determine whether hope for success mediates the relationship between personality and goal orientation in high performance and recreational athletes. The cross-sectional study included 289 high performance and recreational athletes of various sports (age: M = 20.34, SD = 1.86). To examine personality, we used the Big Five IPIP-BFM-20 questionnaire. To assess hope for success, we used the Hope for Success Questionnaire. The Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ) was employed to examine goal orientation. Hope for success significantly mediates the relationships between conscientiousness, extraversion, emotional stability, intellect, and task goal orientation in sport. Higher levels of these personality traits are related to athletes’ higher hope for success, which, in turn, is positively related to their task orientation. Personality traits may underpin the hope for success that develops from childhood. This, in turn, appears to be an important component on which, combined with the positive interaction and support from coaches, a task goal orientation beneficial to sport can be shaped in athletes.

本研究的核心目标为探明成功希望能否在高水平竞技运动员与休闲运动员的人格特质与目标定向之间发挥中介作用。本横断面研究共纳入289名参与不同运动项目的高水平竞技与休闲运动员，其年龄均值为20.34岁，标准差为1.86岁。人格特质测评采用大五人格（Big Five）IPIP-BFM-20量表；成功希望维度的评估采用成功希望量表（Hope for Success Questionnaire）；目标定向则通过运动任务与自我定向量表（Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire，TEOSQ）进行测量。研究结果显示，成功希望在尽责性（Conscientiousness）、外倾性（Extraversion）、情绪稳定性（Emotional Stability）、智力倾向性（Intellect）与运动任务目标定向之间发挥了显著的中介作用。上述人格特质水平越高，运动员的成功希望也越强，而成功希望又与其任务定向呈显著正相关。人格特质或为童年时期形成的成功希望奠定基础。而这一成功希望又可作为核心构成要素，结合教练的正向互动与支持，助力运动员形成有益于运动表现的任务目标定向。