Internal Consistency of the Group Environment Questionnaire Modified for An Exercise Setting

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 304-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert V. Carron ◽  
Kevin S. Spink
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Original Version ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Group Integration ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire ◽  
Exercise Classes

The Group Environment Questionnaire—an instrument used to assess cohesiveness in sport teams since 1985—has been modified and used in fitness classes. The purpose of the study was to assess whether the internal consistency values of the modified version are similar to those reported for sport teams. For two samples of participants in exercise classes, the Cronbach alphas for the Attractions to Group Task and Social subtests and for Group Integration Task and Social subtests were .78, .61, .71, and .78 ( n = 290) and .77, .62, .71, and .77 ( n = 198), respectively. These values are highly similar to those reported for the original version.

Internal Consistency of the Group Environment Questionnaire Modified for University Residence Settings

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert V. Carron ◽  
Michael C. Ramsay
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Original Version ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire

The Group Environment Questionnaire, developed to assess cohesiveness in sport teams, was modified for use in a university residence environment. To examine the internal consistency values of the modified questionnaire, 223 women and 145 men completed the form. Cronbach alphas for ATG-Task, ATG-Social, GI-Task, and Gl-Social were .81, .75, .73, and .83, respectively. These values are superior to those reported for the original version.

scholarly journals Item Wording and Internal Consistency of a Measure of Cohesion: The Group Environment Questionnaire

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Eys ◽  
Albert V. Carron ◽  
Steven R. Bray ◽  
Lawrence R. Brawley
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Psychological Measures ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Item Wording ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire

A common practice for counteracting response acquiescence in psychological measures has been to employ both negatively and positively worded items. However, previous research has highlighted that the reliability of measures can be affected by this practice (Spector, 1992). The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect that the presence of negatively worded items has on the internal reliability of the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ). Two samples (N = 276) were utilized, and participants were asked to complete the GEQ (original and revised) on separate occasions. Results demonstrated that the revised questionnaire (containing all positively worded items) had significantly higher Cronbach a values for three of the four dimensions of the GEQ. Implications, alternatives, and future directions are discussed.

The Development of an Instrument to Assess Cohesion in Sport Teams: The Group Environment Questionnaire

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Carron ◽  
W.N. Widmeyer ◽  
L.R. Brawley
Keyword(s):  
A Priori ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Group Cohesion ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Sport Team ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Group Integration ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire

The purpose of this paper was fourfold. The first purpose was to demonstrate the need to develop an instrument to assess group cohesion while the second was to outline a conceptual model of group cohesion upon which such an instrument could be based. This model reflected four related constructs which were the a priori basis for developing a large item pool and initial versions of the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ). The third purpose was to outline the four projects conducted to obtain construct-related information and to develop an initial version of the GEQ. The final purpose was to outline the two reliability and validity studies conducted with two different sport team samples. The results of these studies revealed that an 18-item version of the GEQ was internally consistent, reliable across studies, and content valid. Factor analyses with oblique rotation revealed preliminary evidence for construct validity. The GEQ is comprised of four scales reflecting the constructs of group integration-task, group integration-social, individual attractions to group-task, and individual attractions to group-social.

Assessing the Cohesion of Teams: Validity of the Group Environment Questionnaire

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence R. Brawley ◽  
Albert V. Carron ◽  
W. Neil Widmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Team Sports ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Responsibility Attributions ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
Task Cohesion ◽  
Concurrent Study ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire ◽  
Predictive Study

The process of validating a recently developed instrument to assess perceived team cohesion is discussed. The Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ), an instrument designed to measure cohesion in sport teams, has good estimates for its internal consistency and for its content and factorial validity (Carron, Widmeyer, & Brawley, 1985; Widmeyer, Brawley, & Carron, 1985). However, other aspects of its validity required examination. The present article reports three studies concerning inspection of the GEQ's concurrent (Study 1), predictive (Study 2), and construct (Study 3) validities. In Study 1 the GEQ exhibited the predicted correspondence with similar measures of cohesion and was not significantly correlated with measures of other constructs. In Study 2 the GEQ successfully discriminated team and individual sport athletes by predicting their membership to these groups on the basis of their task cohesion scores. As well, classification of athletes as new and long-standing members of individual sport teams was predicted on the basis of their social cohesion scores. Finally, in Study 3 evidence was obtained for the predicted difference in self-responsibility attributions between high and low task-cohesive athletes of team sports. Considering the results of the three studies with previous evidence of content and factorial validity, the conclusion was that the GEQ is valid. In sum, demonstrations of the GEQ's content, factorial, concurrent, predictive, and construct validity reflect the ongoing process of its construct validation.

scholarly journals A Season-Long Team-Building Intervention: Examining the Effect of Team Goal Setting on Cohesion

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Senécal ◽  
Todd M. Loughead ◽  
Gordon A. Bloom
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
Female High School ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire ◽  
Post Hoc

The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the implementation of a season-long team-building intervention program using team goal setting increased perceptions of cohesion. The participants were 86 female high school basketball players from 8 teams. The teams were randomly assigned to either an experimental team goal–setting or control condition. Each participant completed the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ; Carron, Brawley, & Widmeyer, 2002; Carron, Widmeyer, & Brawley, 1985), which assessed cohesion at both the beginning and end of the season. Overall, the results revealed a significant multivariate effect, Pillai’s trace F(12, 438) = 2.68, p = .002. Post hoc analyses showed that at the beginning of the season, athletes from both conditions did not differ in their perceptions of cohesion. However, at the end of the season, athletes in the team goal–setting condition held higher perceptions of cohesion than athletes in the control condition. Overall, the results indicated that team goal setting was an effective team-building tool for influencing cohesiveness in sport teams.

Cohesion Correlates with Affect in Structured Exercise Classes

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 1021-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry S. Courneya
Keyword(s):  
Feeling Scale ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire ◽  
Exercise Classes

Correlations of scores on the Group Environment Questionnaire measuring cohesion and the Feeling Scale ranged from .17 to .23 and support Carton's model.

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.

scholarly journals Questionnaire sur l’Ambiance du Groupe: A French-Language Instrument for Measuring Group Cohesion

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Philippe Heuzé ◽  
Paul Fontayne
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Group Cohesion ◽  
French Language ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Psychometric Analyses ◽  
French Culture ◽  
Sport Teams

The present report provides a summary of five studies undertaken to develop a French-language instrument to assess cohesiveness in sport teams—the “Questionnaire sur l’Ambiance du Groupe” (QAG). For the initial version of the instrument, the Group Environment Questionnaire (Carron, Widmeyer, & Brawley, 1985) was translated into French using the protocol outlined by Vallerand (1989). However, psychometric analyses undertaken in Studies 1, 2, and 3 failed to yield acceptable evidence of construct validity. Items were then revised in an attempt to make them more suitable for the French culture. Subsequent analyses in Study 4 provided support for the construct validity and reliability (internal consistency and interscale equivalence) of the QAG. In Study 5, predictive validity was demonstrated. The QAG has been found to possess satisfactory psychometric properties as a measure of cohesion in sport teams.

scholarly journals Frequência, Intensidade e Direção da Ansiedade e sua Relação com a Coesão Grupal em uma Equipe de Voleibol Infanto-Juvenil Masculina

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayara Juliana Paes ◽  
Thais Do Amaral Machado ◽  
Sabrina Rebeca Berbetz ◽  
Joice Mara Facco Stefanello
Keyword(s):  
State Anxiety ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Group Environment Questionnaire

No presente estudo, analisou-se a relação entre nível de coesão grupal e ansiedade pré-competitiva de atletas de uma equipe de voleibol em competição. Participaram do estudo 12 atletas homens, com 16,33±0,65 anos de idade e tempo de prática de 1,29±0,89, de uma das equipes participantes da Fase Final dos Jogos Escolares do Estado do Paraná 2013. Utilizou-se o Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ) para avaliação do nível de coesão grupal da equipe e o Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2R), para avaliação da ansiedade pré-competitiva, ambos validados para a língua portuguesa. Encontraram-se correlações significativas para a frequência (p=0,02 r= 0,66) e intensidade (p=0,04 r=0,61) da ansiedade apenas entre a dimensão de autoconfiança e a dimensão de atração individual para o grupo-social. Considerando a direção da ansiedade, a ansiedade somática apresentou correlação significativa, de moderada intensidade, com as dimensões de Integração para o Grupo-social (p=0,02 r= 0,67) e de Atração Individual para o Grupo-social (p=0,03 r= 0,62). A autoconfiança correlacionou-se moderadamente com as dimensões de Integração para o Grupo-social (p= 0,03 r= 0,61) e de Atração Individual para o Grupo-social (p= 0,02 r= 0,67). Os atletas vivenciaram os sintomas de ansiedade de maneira positiva e apresentaram níveis elevados de coesão grupal. 

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