TABLE 5.

Direct and indirect effects using bootstrapping method.

Direct effect	β	SE	t	90% CI
Autocratic leadership → CAR	−0.098	0.065	−1.508	−0.205, −0.002
Autocratic leadership → AM	0.057	0.034	1.676	−0.008, 0.123
Democratic leadership → CAR	0.651	0.073	8.918	0.584, 0.730
Democratic leadership → AM	0.064	0.078	0.821	−0.081, 0.205
CAR → AM	0.776	0.088	8.818	0.659, 0.886
AM → AS	0.421	0.092	4.576	0.288, 0.561
CAR → AS	0.490	0.097	5.052	0.348, 0.617
Indirect effect of CAR
Democratic leadership → AM	0.505	0.064	7.891	0.409, 0.621
Democratic leadership → AS	0.558	0.054	10.333	0.469, 0.645
Indirect effect of AM
CAR → AS	0.327	0.075	4.360	0.219, 0.471

CAR, coach-athlete relationship; AM, autonomous motivation; AS, athlete satisfaction.