Relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and dropout intention among Korean taekwondo athletes: Applying the Trans-Contextual Model

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This study demonstrates that in the Korean elite sportsenvironment, value judgments and social expectations play a more pivotal role in the decisionmaking process for withdrawal than individual controllability

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Details: Category: 2026, Volume 22; 25 July 2026; Hits: 305

Youngjun Hong¹, Haein Seo², Hyun Lee³, Youngkyun Sim⁴

¹ Department of Sports for All, Korea National Open University, 86, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03087, Republic of Korea;
² Department of Recreation and Leisure Sports, College of Sports Science, Dankook University, 119-35, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea;
³ Department of Sport Science, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea;
⁴ Department of Sports Welfare Education, Woosuk University, 443, Samnye-ro, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 55338, Republic of Korea;

Author for correspondence: Youngkyun Sim, Woosuk University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,Tel: +8210-8885-6660; Hyun Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, , Tel: +8210-4633-4700: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Youngjun Hong: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6779-5146

Youngkyun Sim: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8249-9121

Hyun Lee: https://orcid.org/00090-0004-3791-4348

Haein Seo: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1173-543X

Abstract

Background and Study Aim: In particular, taekwondo as practiced in the Olympics has long been established as a professional sport. In South Korea, the "school sports team" system is utilized to foster taekwondo athletes as professionals starting from childhood. As student-athletes, they invest significantly more time and effort into training than academics and must overcome extreme competition to become national representatives. In this process, they are required to fulfill a dual-career role, balancing academics and sports; this duality acts as a factor that increases physical and psychological stress along with the possibility of burnout or dropout. The purpose of this study was knowledge about the psychological pathways through which perceived parental autonomy support affects dropout intention among Korean high school taekwondo student-athletes.

Material and Methods: A survey was conducted with 366 high school taekwondo athletes (226 males, 140 females) registered with the Korea Taekwondo Association. Measured the parental autonomy support, self-regulation motivation, based on variables of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and dropout intention. The collected data were analysed using structural equation modeling (SEM).

Results: The results indicated that parental autonomy support in the home context significantly promoted athletes' autonomous motivation while weakening their controlled motivation. In the transfer context, autonomous motivation significantly predicted all three TPB variables—attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control—within the sports setting, whereas controlled motivation showed a limited negative impact only on attitude. Ultimately, attitude and subjective norms acted as protective factors that significantly reduced dropout intention, but perceived behavioural control did not have a statistically significant effect.

Conclusions: These findings suggest that parenting styles shape athletes' motivational resources, which then transfer to cognitive belief systems in the sports context and influence dropout decisions. In particular, this study demonstrates that in the Korean elite sports environment, value judgments and social expectations play a more pivotal role in the decision-making process for withdrawal than individual controllability.

Keywords: dual-career, exercise adherence parental involvement, self-determination theory, theory of planned behavior

APA
Hong, Y., Seo, H., Lee, H., & Sim, Y. (2026). Relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and dropout intention among Korean taekwondo athletes: Applying the Trans-Contextual Model. Arch Budo Journal of Innovation and Agonology, 22.
Chicago
Hong, Youngjun, Haein Seo, Hyun Lee, and Youngkyun Sim. 2026. “Relationship between Perceived Parental Autonomy Support and Dropout Intention among Korean Taekwondo Athletes: Applying the Trans-Contextual Model.” Arch Budo Journal of Innovation and Agonology 22.
Harvard
Hong, Y., Seo, H., Lee, H. and Sim, Y. (2026). Relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and dropout intention among Korean taekwondo athletes: Applying the Trans-Contextual Model. Arch Budo Journal of Innovation and Agonology, 22.
MLA
Hong, Youngjun, et al. “Relationship between Perceived Parental Autonomy Support and Dropout Intention among Korean Taekwondo Athletes: Applying the Trans-Contextual Model.” Arch Budo Journal of Innovation and Agonology, vol. 22, 2026.
Vancouver
Hong Y, Seo H, Lee H, Sim Y. Relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and dropout intention among Korean taekwondo athletes: Applying the Trans-Contextual Model. Arch Budo J Inn Agon. 2026;22.

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