Background/Purpose: Athletes` psychological and physical factors or performance are influenced by external factors such as parents and others. Additionally, it is costly to practice golf and participate in a championship as it requires more parental accompaniment than other sports because it has characteristics that require training in outdoor driving range. Thus, the study compared overtraining, self-determined motivation, perceived performance, and the intention of sports dropout among adult golfers according to the type of parental accompaniment based on the relationship between Korean athletes and their parents. Parental accompaniment is crucial for immature young athletes for care and security, and it remains important for adult athletes to support their performance and success. Method: The participants included both adult amateurs and pro golfers and they were selected using a purposive sampling method among non-probability sampling methods. In total, 134 questionnaires were distributed, with 126 completed questionnaires used for this study. All data analyses were conducted using SPSS version 29. First, a frequency analysis was conducted to analyze social demographic information. Second, EFA was performed to validate all the variables in the questionnaire. Cronbach`s alpha was used to verify the reliability of the questionnaires. Fourth, correlation analysis was conducted to reveal the relationships between over-training, self-determination motivation, perceived performance, and intention of sport dropout. Fifth, a one-way MANOVA was conducted to determine the differences in dependent variables among the father accompany, mother accompany, both father and mother accompany, and non-accompany groups. In all statistical analyses, statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Analysis/Results: In the results of validity and reliability, the total factor loading for each factor was .5 or more, ensuring the validity of each variable and all the variables revealed satisfactory reliability, with a ranging from .918 to .953. Furthermore, the correlation result determined statistically significant correlations between all variables. this study found differences between the four groups (Wilk`s Lambda= .455, F= 5.014, p<.001, partial n2= .231). The results of this study revealed differences in all dependent variables, except perceived performance, among the four groups. Father accompanying, mother accompanying, or both father and mother accompanying groups showed higher mean scores in overtraining, external regulation, and introjected regulation than the non-accompanying group. In contrast, the non-accompanying group showed higher identified and intrinsic regulation mean scores than the other groups. Conclusions: The non-accompanying group was relatively more autonomous and voluntary than the other groups. In detail, the result shows that adult golfers who are still cared for by their parents intensively practice daily to repay their parents with good performance, and it seems that the stronger the parental intervention, the higher the probability that athletes` motivation would appear in a compulsory form. Finally, the intention of sports dropout, which can be fatal to athletic life is also true that a practical solution to the problem of parental suppression is needed. The results of this study are expected to help explain how parental roles play an essential role in athletes` psychological factors and continuation of golfers.
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