%0 Journal Article
%T Student athlete well-being framework: an empirical examination of elite college student athletes.
%A Sato S
%A Kinoshita K
%A Kondo M
%A Yabunaka Y
%A Yamada Y
%A Tsuchiya H
%J Front Psychol
%V 14
%N 0
%D 2023
%M 37397335
%F 4.232
%R 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1171309
%X The current study proposes a multidimensional student athlete well-being framework (SAWBF). The authors used 12 items to capture SAWBF comprised of four well-being dimensions (i.e., physical, hedonic, psychological, and social well-being). To empirically assess the reliability and validity of the framework, data from elite collegiate student athletes in Japan (N = 546) were procured. The results indicated sufficient convergent and discriminant validities of SAWBF. The authors also assessed predictive validity correlations of the framework by focusing on the oft-supported well-being outcome-organizational citizenship behavior, which were also found to be associated with SAWBF. The findings indicated the usefulness of SAWBF; and coaches and staff members can utilize the framework to multi-dimensionally understand well-being status of their student athletes, potentially boosting adaptive behaviors.