Do it for the team: Youth perceptions of cohesion and role commitment in interdependent sport.

Abstract

Role commitment, defined as “a dynamic and volitional psychological bond reflected in the dedication to and responsibility for one’s role” (Eys et al., 2020, p. 91), is suggested to be a critical perception contributing to sport group functioning (Carron & Eys, 2012). As such, understanding what facilitates athletes’ commitment to their role responsibilities is important in a performance context. Across two studies, the present work sought to examine if (a) cohesion serves as a potential antecedent of the affective, normative, and continuance bases of role commitment, (b) the bases of role commitment subsequently relate to direct perceptions of role commitment, and (c) role commitment is associated with intentions to return. Youth team sport athletes from Canada (n = 187; Study 1) and Spain (n = 419; Study 2) completed surveys at two time points in their seasons. In Studies 1 and 2, cohesion perceptions at Time 1 positively predicted affective and normative bases of role commitment at Time 2. Further, affective and normative bases of role commitment were positively correlated with direct role commitment perceptions. Finally, in Study 2, role commitment was positively associated with intentions to return. This research project demonstrates that one way to promote role commitment may be to emphasize and enhance the social relationships among team members and the team’s unity toward achieving its goals.

An intervention program based on team building during tactical training tasks to improve team functioning

“…However, to our knowledge, there are hardly any studies attempting to improve role clarity and team identification that have measured their improvement . Therefore, establishing specific roles for the players and informing them of the functions to be performed in the different game situations (defensive and offensive) during the training tasks and the importance of their fulfillment may increase role clarity and commitment (Beauchamp et al, 2002;Leo et al, 2020;Coleman et al, 2021), and, in turn, team identification (Fransen et al, 2014). Therefore, we can state that the intervention program produced benefits in these variables.…”

Importancia de la cohesión grupal sobre la persistencia en el equipo para la siguiente temporada: Un estudio longitudinal con jugadores senior y en formación de deportes de equipo

“…De esta forma, estas interacciones que se producen dentro de un equipo deportivo se inician desde los primeros días de temporada (Carron & Eys, 2012;Coleman et al, 2021), considerándose a este inicio como un proceso fundamental para confeccionar un correcto funcionamiento colectivo (Benson & Eys, 2017;Chamberlain et al, 2021) y para generar un sentimiento de persistencia entre los jugadores que forman parte del equipo (Chamberlain et al, 2021;Schwartz, 1973). Para relacionar la cohesión grupal con la persistencia en el equipo, existen estudios centrados en la adherencia deportiva.…”

Relación entre la cohesión grupal y la ansiedad competitiva en fútbol de iniciación

“…La cohesión grupal es considerada como la variable más importante de los grupos (Golembiewski, 1962;Lott y Lott, 1965) y se trata de un concepto clave en la formación y desarrollo de los equipos de trabajo (Barrasa y Gil, 2004), por lo que su estudio despierta un gran interés en los ámbitos de la psicología social y del deporte (Coleman et al, 2021;Chicau-Borrego et al, 2021). La definición de cohesión grupal más utilizada la aportó Carron (1982) quien la describe como ''el proceso dinámico que se refleja en la tendencia de un grupo de mantenerse juntos y permanecer unidos en la persecución de sus metas y objetivos' ' (p. 124).…”