Emotion–performance relationships in team sport: The role of personal and social identities

Abstract

In the field of emotion-performance relationship in achievement situations, the social dimensions of emotions have been understudied. Thus, recent advances highlighted the need to explore identity processes to know whether group belonging may influence individuals' emotions and performance when they are involved in a task-group. The current study introduced an innovative approach to continuously capture the variability of emotions (pleasant and unpleasant), identity levels (personal and social) and performances (individual and collective) experienced during volleyball games. Six elite players (M ¼ 20.14 years; SD ¼ 1.25) volunteered to participate in this research. For the purpose of this study, a program based on the Mouse Paradigm methodological approach was elaborated. A total of 9461 momentary assessments (M ¼ 1576.83 AE 94.38 per participant) was gathered for each of the aforementioned variables. Results of hierarchical linear modeling analyses showed a partial independence between social and personal identity, as well as an effect of identity levels on unpleasant emotions. Results also highlighted that neither identity levels nor emotions influenced individual performances. Taken together, these results were discussed in terms of theoretical and methodological advances that allow to deepen the understanding of emotions-performance relationships in the context of team-sports.

Temporal aspects of affective states, physiological responses, and perceived exertion in competitive cycling time trials

“…An athlete's affective state can vary dramatically before, during, and after competition 1 . Findings reported across an increasing number of studies highlight the implications of temporal aspects of affect and emotion for sport performance 2,3 . Changes in affect can manifest fluctuations in physiological responses (eg, blood lactate, heart rate) and perceptual cues (eg, perceived exertion) across temporal aspects of competition 4 .…”

“…Previous research exploring temporal aspects of emotions and affect in sport have predominantly collected psychophysiological measurements in the moments preceding competition 6,7 and/or following the completion of sport‐related tasks 8 . Attempts to investigate the experience of emotions and affective states during competition have relied upon the recounting of critical incidents in qualitative interviews, 9 the completing of questionnaires immediately following a match, 3 and the use of techniques such as video‐assisted recall 2 . However, the research designs used in these studies limit their ability to simultaneously record athletes’ physiological responses and affective states as they occur in real time and in relation to performance demands.…”

Emotions in Group Sports: A Narrative Review From a Social Identity Perspective

“…For instance, why do players feel angry toward opponents, just because they are opponents? Accordingly, different authors have recently called to consider the social-self in the study of emotions in the context of competitive sport (e.g., Campo et al, 2012, 2017, 2018; Tamminen et al, 2016). It should be assumed that emotions in sport, especially because sport is almost always practiced in groups, are the result of a complex psychosocial process.…”

Émotions et régulation émotionnelle en contexte sportif interpersonnel ou intergroupe

“…Therefore, considering the influence of others offers new perspectives in the field of emotions in sport performance, physical education or exercise (Campo & Louvet, 2016). Recently, these questions highlighted the academics' interest in the field of sports psychology with emerging innovative concepts, such as interpersonal emotional regulation and communal coping (Campo et al, 2017;Friesen et al, 2013;Tamminen & Gaudreau, 2014;Tamminen et al, 2016), group emotions (Campo et al, 2018(Campo et al, , 2019a(Campo et al, , 2019bTamminen et al, 2016), and somewhat via that of emotional intelligence (Lane et al, 2009;Laborde et al, 2016).…”

“…Considérer ainsi l'influence d'autrui sur les émotions et leur régulation offre donc de nouvelles perspectives d'investigation et de compréhension du vécu des pratiquants sportifs, que ce soit dans le champ de la performance, de l'éducation physique ou encore des activités physiques adaptées et de la santé (Campo & Louvet, 2016). Récemment, ces questionnements ont fait l'objet d'un engouement scientifique sans précédent dans le domaine de la psychologie du sport avec des concepts novateurs émergeants, tels que la régulation émotionnelle interpersonnelle et le communal coping (Campo et al, 2017 ;Friesen et al, 2013 ;Tamminen & Gaudreau, 2014 ;Tamminen et al, 2016), les émotions de groupe (Campo et al, 2018(Campo et al, , 2019a(Campo et al, , 2019bTamminen et al, 2016), et l'approche hybride de l'intelligence émotionnelle (Lane et al, 2009 ;Laborde et al, 2016). L'objectif de ce numéro spécial est d'alimenter ces nouveaux questionnements.…”