Control beliefs are adaptive for athletes coping with significant obstacles to sport. Our study tested whether the effects of setback-related primary (PC) and secondary control (SC) on adaptive sport-related outcomes were mediated via setback rumination in collegiate athletes. We recruited 200 collegiate athletes using Prolific, from both Canada and the United States of America (Mage = 22.3 years; 125 women, 69 men, five nonbinary individuals, and one nonresponse). We used structural equation modelling to test direct paths from Time 1 PC and SC and rumination to Time 2 competition anxiety and sport commitment and test indirect paths of PC and SC to the outcomes through rumination. Findings revealed PC directly increased sport commitment, and through higher rumination, PC predicted higher competition anxiety. Athletes' SC predicted lower competition anxiety via lower rumination. We discuss the implications of these findings for athletes managing significant sport setbacks and for sport personnel supporting athletes.

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检查大学生运动员与挫折相关的控制信念、反刍和社会心理结果之间的关系：中介分析。


控制信念对于应对运动中重大障碍的运动员来说是适应性的。我们的研究测试了与挫折相关的主要 （PC） 和次要控制 （SC） 对适应性运动相关结果的影响是否是通过大学运动员的挫折反刍来介导的。我们使用 Prolific 招募了来自加拿大和美国的 200 名大学运动员（Mage = 22.3 岁;125 名女性，69 名男性，5 名非二元性别者和 1 名无反应者）。我们使用结构方程模型来检验从时间 1 PC 和 SC 和反刍到时间 2 比赛焦虑和运动承诺的直接路径，并测试 PC 和 SC 通过反刍到结果的间接路径。研究结果显示，PC 直接增加了运动承诺，并且通过更高的反刍，PC 预测了更高的比赛焦虑。运动员的 SC 通过较低的反刍预测较低的比赛焦虑。我们讨论了这些发现对管理重大运动挫折的运动员和支持运动员的体育人员的影响。