Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating Role of Coaching Athlete Purpose

(1) Background:. Adolescent health and well-being is associated with sports and physical education activities. Novel therapies pertaining to athletics training, formation sporting and physical culture is important. In areas where sports facilities are scarce and not cost-effective, they can lead to poorer physical and mental well-being in adolescents. Emotions related to sports, somatic anxiety, worry, and concentration disruption aligned with task and ego orientation have been under-researched in Pakistan. (2) Methods: A sample of 830 adolescents between the ages of 14-19 years were recruited from Pakistan’s sports training center through purposive sampling. Sport-specific emotions, anxiety, task and ego orientation and coach athlete purpose (CAP) were measured. 3) Results: Regression analysis showed that different dimensions of sports anxiety (somatic trait anxiety, worry, and concentration disruption) have a significant effect on the task and ego orientation of sports education students. The Hayes process macro analysis shows that CAP significantly mediates between sports emotions and orientation. The independent sample t-test showed significant mean differences between gender. (4) Conclusions: Females experienced higher levels of somatic and cognitive anxiety and lower ego orientation compared to males. It is important to introduce Rational Emotive Behavior Coaching and integrate ontological health and well-being coaching in sports field.