Matching social support with stressors: Effects on factors underlying performance in tennis.

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Perceived social support from team-mates: Direct and stress-buffering effects on self-confidence (2010, methodology): “Social support has also been associated with processes underpinning performance (Rees & Hardy, 2004 ) and performance outcome (Rees, Hardy, & Freeman, 2007 ).”
Interaction of athletes' resilience and coaches' social support on the stress-burnout relationship: A conjunctive moderation perspective (2016, background): “Emotional social support is the provision of comfort, security, and a sense that individual is loved and care for, while esteem social support refers to the bolstering of an individual's sense of competence (Freeman et al., 2014; Rees & Hardy, 2004, 2000; Rees et al., 2007).”
How Does Perceived Support Lead to Better Performance? An Examination of Potential Mechanisms (2009, methodology): “…& Wills, 1985), and recent studies have demonstrated links between social support and Olympic performance (e.g., Gould, Guinan, Greenleaf, Medbery, & Peterson, 2002), performance-related factors in tennis (e.g., Rees & Hardy, 2004), and performance outcome in golf (Rees, Hardy, & Freeman, 2007).”