scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF COHESION IN INTERACTIVE SPORTS TEAMS

2020 ◽  
pp. 431
Author(s):  
Gordana Dobrijević ◽  
Jelena Đorđević Boljanović ◽  
Slavko Alčaković ◽  
Snežana Lazarević
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Statistical Software ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Group Integration ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
The City ◽  
And Task

The aim of this study is to examine the perception of cohesion in highly interdependent sports teams, compare cohesion in different sports, and then compare social and task cohesion. The participants were 205 professional sports players in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. They are engaged in five different sports: Football/soccer, basketball, volleyball, handball, and water polo. The Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ) was used to collect the data. All the analyses were carried out with the SPSS 22 statistical software. The results have shown moderately-high levels of all four aspects of cohesion (Group Integration-Task, Group Integration-Social, Individual Attractions to the Group-Task, and Individual Attractions to the Group-Social) in all sports. Overall, perception of task cohesion is higher than perception of social cohesion. The study also reveals that the type of sport played impacts the level of cohesion, with basketball players having the highest scores of all.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Cohesion in the Sports Groups within a Romanian City

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Oana Rusu
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Space Variable ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Biological Gender ◽  
The One

AbstractWe propose to conduct an analysis, by studying the influences exercised by certain variables (the biological gender, the ranking and the sociomotor space) on the level of cohesion among the sports teams in the municipality of Iaşi, Romania, evolving in the first leagues. A questionnaire was conducted on a number of 158 athletes (55 females, 103 males) who practice basketball, soccer, handball, rugby, volleyball. The responders answered the questionnaire regarding the group environment (GEQ). Factor analysis groups the items on two factors at the level of the Romanian subjects. The homogeneity of the instrument was evaluated for the entire scale, as well as independently for each of the two factors. The gender variable does not influence the level of social cohesion and the one of task cohesion among the sports teams taken into account. The ranking does not influence task cohesion among the teams studied. Both the ranking and the level of sociomotor space, as independent variables, determine significant differences regarding the level of social cohesion among the teams studied. The sociomotor space variable determines at the level of the teams sportive studied significant differences also regarding task cohesion.

scholarly journals Efficacy Beliefs Are Related to Task Cohesion: Communication Is a Mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-197
Author(s):  
Sarah P. McLean ◽  
Christine M. Habeeb ◽  
Pete Coffee ◽  
Robert C. Eklund
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Group Integration ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Integration Data ◽  
And Task

Efficacy beliefs and communication are key constructs that have been targeted to develop task cohesion. This study’s purpose was to (a) examine whether collective efficacy, team-focused other-efficacy, and team-focused relation-inferred self-efficacy are predictive of task cohesion and (b) evaluate the possibility that communication mediates efficacy–task cohesion relationships. British university team-sport athletes (N = 250) completed questionnaires assessing efficacy beliefs, communication (i.e., positive conflict, negative conflict, and acceptance communication), and task cohesion (i.e., attractions to group, group integration). Data were subjected to a multigroup path analysis to test mediation hypotheses while also addressing potential differences across males and females. Across all athletes, collective efficacy and team-focused other-efficacy significantly predicted attractions to group and group integration directly. Positive conflict and acceptance communication significantly mediated relationships between efficacy (team-focused other-efficacy, collective efficacy) and cohesion (attractions to group, group integration). Findings suggest that enhancing athletes’ collective efficacy and team-focused efficacy beliefs will encourage communication factors affecting task cohesion.

scholarly journals Do sporting experiences predict team cohesion in youth athletes?

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Junior ◽  
Adson Alves Da Silva ◽  
Carla Thamires Laranjeira Granja ◽  
Daniel Vicentini De Oliveira ◽  
Roseana Pacheco Reis Batista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Team Cohesion ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Youth Athletes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
And Task

Abstract This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the association between sporting experiences and the perception of team cohesion according to sex among youth Brazilian recreational athletes. Participants were 253 youth athletes with age average of 12.97 ± 0.98 years.  Athletes represented the following sports: Indoor soccer (n=20); basketball (n=62); handball (n=123) and; volleyball (n=48). The instruments used were the Youth Experience Survey for Sport (P-YES-S) and the Youth Sport Environment Questionnaire (P-YSEQ). Independent sample t-test revealed significant difference between sexes in the dimensions of Personal Skills (p=0.02) and Task Cohesion (p=0.02). The following significant correlations were found for girls: Task Cohesion with Personal Skills (r=0.48), Initiative Experiences (r=0.37); and Social Cohesion with Personal Skills (r=0.41), Cognitive Skills (r=0.43) and Initiative Experiences (r=0.32). For boys, it was found the following correlations: Task Cohesion with Personal Skills (r=0.19), Initiative Experiences (r=0.42) and Negative Experiences (r=-0.22); and Social cohesion with Personal Skills (r=0.18) and Initiative Experiences (r=0.30). Multiple regression analysis indicated that sports experiences are significant predictors of task (R2=0.21; F=17.838; p<0.01) and social cohesion (R2=0.10; F=7.440; p<0.01). It can be concluded that positive sporting experiences may predict social and task cohesion among youth athletes.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Task Cohesion and Competitive State Anxiety

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Eys ◽  
James Hardy ◽  
Albert V. Carron ◽  
Mark R. Beauchamp
Keyword(s):  
State Anxiety ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Team Cohesion ◽  
Field Hockey ◽  
Practice Session ◽  
Cognitive Anxiety ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Group Integration ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
The Relationship

The general purpose of the present study was to determine if perceptions of team cohesion are related to the interpretation athletes attach to their precompetition anxiety. Specifically examined was the association between athlete perceptions of task cohesiveness (Individual Attractions to the Group– Task, ATG-T, and Group Integration–Task, GI-T) and the degree to which perceptions of the intensity of precompetition anxiety symptoms (cognitive and somatic) were viewed as facilitative versus debilitative. Participants were athletes (N = 392) from the sports of soccer, rugby, and field hockey. Each athlete completed the Group Environment Questionnaire (Carron, Widmeyer, & Brawley, 1985) after a practice session. A directionally modified version of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (Martens, Burton, Vealey, Bump, & Smith, 1990) was completed just prior to a competition. Results showed that athletes who perceived their cognitive anxiety as facilitative had higher perceptions of both ATG-T and GI-T, χ2 (2, N = 260) = 8.96, p < .05, than athletes who perceived their cognitive anxiety as debilitative. Also, athletes who perceived their somatic anxiety as facilitative had higher perceptions of GI-T, χ2 (2, N = 249) = 5.85, p < .05.

Cohesion Predicts Success in Junior Ice Hockey

1998 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 649-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simo Salminen ◽  
Pekka Luhtanen
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Predictors Of Success ◽  
Winning Percentage ◽  
Hockey Players ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between cohesion measured by the Group Environment Questionnaire and success measured by winning percentage with over 200 junior ice hockey players. The cohesion explained 29% of the variance of the success. Scores on task cohesion were better predictors of success than social cohesion.

Characteristics of Work Groups and Their Relationship with Social and Task Cohesion in Student Teams

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Forrester ◽  
Armen Tashchian
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Team Cohesiveness ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
The Social ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Team Spirit ◽  
Group Characteristics ◽  
And Task

Results of an exploratory study of relationships between work-group characteristics and the social and task cohesion of 18 business students engaged in team class projects. Regression analysis of scores on workload sharing, team spirit, task flexibility, and team cohesiveness for scales of the Work Group Characteristics Inventory indicated sharing of the workload was significantly associated with both task and social cohesion; team spirit with task cohesion but not social cohesion; and task flexibility with social cohesion but not task cohesion.

Predicting Scheduling Self-Efficacy in Older Adult Exercisers: The Role of Task Cohesion

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Estabrooks ◽  
Albert V. Carron
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Group Integration ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Exercise Classes

The study examined the relative influence of 2 forms of task cohesion on older adult exercisers’ (N = 82) self-efficacy to schedule exercise into their weekly routine. Participants had been involved with the exercise program for at least 4 months before the study began. A sequencing protocol was used to allow for task cohesion’s influence on scheduling self-efficacy. Task cohesion, as measured by the Group Environment Questionnaire, was assessed during the 1st week of exercise classes after a holiday. Scheduling self-efficacy was assessed at midprogram. Attractions to the group-task and group-integration-task cohesion were sequentially entered into a hierarchical regression analysis while recent attendance was controlled for. Results showed individual attractions to the group task accounted for most of the variance in scheduling self-efficacy. R2 = .10, F(2,80) = 4.22,p = .02; the addition of group-integration task also significantly (p < .05) added variance. R2 = .13. F(3, 79) = 3.79, p = .01.

Team cohesion: the impact of team design and technical factors

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Team Cohesion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Team Design ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Task

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of team boundedness, and formal coordination on task and social cohesion and the moderating effect of organization tenure diversity. Design/methodology/approach Data was gathered from the responses of 398 team members and leaders working in 111 software development teams to a questionnaire survey. The hypotheses were all tested using structural equation modelling. Findings The results show team boundedness and formal coordination have positive and significant associations with task and social cohesion. Formal coordination is a stronger positive predictor for task than social cohesion. Organization tenure has a greater negative effect on social cohesion than task cohesion and moderates the relationship between formal coordination and task cohesion. Practical implications Therefore, for organizations to optimize team cohesion the impact of antecedent variables on social and task cohesion should be taken into considering in planning strategies for improvement. Originality/value This paper has an original approach by adding to the literature through an examination of the antecedent variables of task and social cohesion which are two key components of team cohesion.

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