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Psychological factors and resilience as mediators of sports passion. The present study aims to analyze the psychological characteristics associated with the performance of amateur athletes, exploring their relationship with key variables such as resilience, harmonious and obsessive passion, and perception of discomfort. The main objective is to establish the relationship between psychological characteristics with each of the variables used, resilience (personal competence; and acceptance of self and life) and to consider whether these are related to passion (harmonious and obsessive), through a structural equation analysis. The sample is composed of 110 persons, 87 adults (22 females, mean age 40.7±9.1 years and 65 males, mean age in years 42.1±11.9) and 23 adolescents (16 females, mean age 14.8±1.3 years and 7 males, mean age 15.3±2.1 years). Psychological characteristics were assessed using the Psychological Characteristics Related to Performance (CPRD) questionnaire, passion using the Passion Scale instrument, and the Resilience Scale -RS-14 questionnaire. The analyses performed were based on a structural equation model analysis (PLS-SEM). The results showed adequate coefficients of determination (R index2 ) and Stone-Geisser predictive relevance (Q2 ), for the personal competence resilience factors (R2 =.517; Q²=.218), Acceptance of self and life (R2 =.415; Q² =.231); and for the passion dimensions: Harmonious passion (R2 =.357; Q²=.168); and Obsessive passion (R2 =.085; Q²=.034). In conclusion, a close relationship is demonstrated between psychological characteristics related to sports performance and the variables of resilience and passion (both harmonious and obsessive). In particular, it is confirmed that mental skills and stress management are linked to the dimensions of resilience, and these dimensions influence both types of passion. In addition, team cohesion and personal competence also play a crucial role in the development of passion, highlighting the importance of these factors in the assessment of sports performance and influencing the well-being of both professional and amateur athletes in their personal and sports development.