Symmetric and complementary fit based on prototypical attributes of soccer teams

Zepp, Christian; Kleinert, Jens

doi:10.1177/1368430214556701

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“…Investigations of dyadic interactions between coaches and athletes (Jackson et al, 2011) showed increased commitment and a greater feeling of relatedness when both athlete and coach were high in agreeableness and conscientiousness, and decreased commitment and a weaker feeling of relation with higher dissimilarity in extraversion and openness to experience. In addition, Zepp and Kleinert (2015) found that the perceived supplementary fit of soccer players to their team (i.e., whether they perceived themselves to be similar to their team members) was associated with both higher subjective well-being and better individual performance.…”

Section: Person-environment Fitmentioning

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“…More precisely, we did not assess perceived person-environment fit (e.g., Zepp & Kleinert, 2015) but assessed fit in such a way that person-level and environment-level characteristics are measured separately, and then a fit index is derived (Rauthmann, 2021). Thus, in this study, we tested to what extent the level of congruence between two variables (here: individual and typical personality trait levels) is related to a specific outcome variable (here: different indicators of subjective well-being, e.g., sports-life satisfaction).…”

Section: Polynomial Regression and Subsequent Response Surface Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, supplementary fit might not be relevant in the context of the broadly-defined context of sports type, but instead it might be only relevant that athletes have a good supplementary fit to the specific sports team or sports group (e.g., spinning class) they are interacting with (Jackson et al, 2011;Zepp & Kleinert, 2015). Athletes might have only few interactions with athletes of the same sport outside of their own groups and teams.…”

Section: Robustness and Conceptualization Of Person-environment Fitmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the context of sports, the focus of studies has mostly lied on either only person-level characteristics (e.g., skills), only environmental-level characteristics (e.g., presence or absence of an audience), or their interaction (e.g., interaction between personality and the presence or absence of an audience), whereas person-environment fit has been investigated only rarely (e.g., Zepp & Kleinert, 2015) In the context of sport the environment has been conceptualized in terms of the athlete's sports team (Zepp & Kleinert, 2015) or the dyadic coach-athlete couple (Jackson et al, 2011). In addition to the narrow environment (i.e., dyadic coach-athlete couple or sports team), the environment can also be defined more broadly, for example in terms of the characteristics of the sports type an athlete is performing.…”

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Person-environment fit in the context of sports and its association with subjective well-being

Terwiel¹,

Kritzler²,

Jf³

et al. 2021

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Physical activity and sports participation are positively related to physical and mental health as well as to subjective well-being. Various approaches have been used to explain these associations. In our study, we propose that person-environment fit can partly explain the association between sports and subjective well-being. We examined to what extent the fit between an athlete’s individual personality trait levels and the typical personality trait levels of athletes in their sports discipline (supplementary fit) is associated with different indicators of subjective well-being. In two online surveys, we assessed typical and individual Big Five personality trait levels using the BFI-2-S. In Sample 1, 4,927 athletes of 96 sports rated the typical Big Five trait levels of either male or female athletes of their main sport. In Sample 2, 4,340 athletes of 94 sports rated their own Big Five trait levels and four indicators of subjective well-being: life satisfaction, sports-life satisfaction, positive affect, and First, we derived sport-specific typical Big Five trait levels for male and female athletes of 96 sports. Second, we investigated how variable-oriented supplementary fit in the context of sports is associated with four indicators of subjective well-being (life satisfaction, sports-life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect) using multilevel polynomial regression analyses with subsequent response surface analyses. All analyses were preregistered.We found both similarities and differences in typical Big Five trait levels for male and female athletes of different sports reflecting gender- and sport-specific characteristics of athletes of different sports. Variable-oriented supplementary fit between typical and individual Big Five trait levels was not significantly associated with any of the outcome variables. Variable-oriented supplementary fit between typical and individual Big Five trait levels was not associated with subjective well-being in the broad context of the sports type that athletes are performing.

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Section: Person-environment Fitmentioning

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Section: Polynomial Regression and Subsequent Response Surface Analysesmentioning

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Section: Robustness and Conceptualization Of Person-environment Fitmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Person-environment fit in the context of sports and its association with subjective well-being

Terwiel¹,

Kritzler²,

Jf³

et al. 2021

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“…Teams that comprise members who think similarly and have similar personal characteristics often hold positive associations with success and well-being (e.g., Edwards, Cable, Williamson, Lambert, & Shipp, 2006;Kristof-Brown, Zimmerman, & Johnson, 2005;Zepp & Kleinert, 2014). This similarity or homogeneity refers to prototypical attributes especially and is, therefore, an influential factor when considering both intrateam processes and overall group performance (cf.…”

Section: Articlementioning

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Homogeneity of Prototypical Attributes in Soccer Teams

Zepp

Kleinert

2015

Sage Open

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Research indicates that the homogeneous perception of prototypical attributes influences several intragroup processes. The aim of the present study was to describe the homogeneous perception of the prototype and to identify specific prototypical subcategories, which are perceived as homogeneous within sport teams. The sample consists of N = 20 soccer teams with a total of N = 278 athletes (age M = 23.5 years, SD = 5.0 years). The results reveal that subcategories describing the cohesiveness of the team and motivational attributes are mentioned homogeneously within sport teams. In addition, gender, identification, team size, and the championship ranking significantly correlate with the homogeneous perception of prototypical attributes. The results are discussed on the basis of theoretical and practical implications.

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