Team Cohesion, Effort, and Objective Individual Performance of High School Basketball Players

Bray, Corey D.; Whaley, Diane E.

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“…Some of these consequences are noted in this research, such as game playing (Bray and Whaley, 2001; Heuzé et al, 2006), expectations of success (Leo et al, 2010a), or performance (Heuzé et al, 2006; Ramzaninezhad et al, 2009). Hence, it would be interesting to use cluster analysis to determine different cohesion and efficacy patterns in a specific sample.…”

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Analysis of Cohesion and Collective Efficacy Profiles for the Performance of Soccer Players

Leo

Sánchez‐Miguel

Sánchez‐Oliva

et al. 2013

Journal of Human Kinetics

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The principal aims of the study were to define different profiles of cohesion and perceived efficacy in soccer players and to measure their differences in performance. The subjects were 235 soccer players in the under-18 category who played in the National League in Spain and 15 coaches whose ages ranged from 29 to 45 years. Diverse instruments to assess cohesion, perceived efficacy, and expectations of success were used in the study. Moreover, we measured playing time and performance. The results of the study proved the existence of four cohesion and efficacy profiles that presented significant differences in expectations of success, playing time, and performance. Furthermore, significant differences were found in the distribution of players in the teams as a function of performance. The main conclusion of this study is that soccer players with higher cohesion and collective efficacy levels belonged to teams that completed the season at the top-level classification. In contrast, athletes with low cohesion and collective efficacy usually played in unsuccessful teams. Coaches and sports psychologists are encouraged to promote both social and task cohesion and collective efficacy to enhance team performance.

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Analysis of Cohesion and Collective Efficacy Profiles for the Performance of Soccer Players

Leo

Sánchez‐Miguel

Sánchez‐Oliva

et al. 2013

Journal of Human Kinetics

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“…Indeed, personal characteristics such as the age and the experience of the players seem to affect the cohesion. Younger athletes emphasize to the social relationships and friendships in the team characteristics that are connected to the social cohesion (Bray & Whaley, 2001;Bukowski, Newcomb, & Hartup,1996). Granito and Rainey (1998) concluded that the cohesion of school teams was higher than university teams.…”

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2013

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Abstract:The aim of the study was to examine the relationship of the cohesion and the antecedents, which Carron (1982) presents in the conceptual framework of group cohesion, on soccer. Cohesion is a very important psychological factor which is connected to the group and individual performance. Many studies showed the great relationship between the two variables (Carron, Bray, & Eys 2002;Chang & Bordia 2001;Kozub & Button 2000;Pain & Harwood 2007; etc). According to Carron, Brawley, and Widmeyer (1998), group cohesion is "a dynamic process that is reflected in the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united in its pursuit of instrumental objectives and/or for the satisfaction of members' affective needs". Characteristics such as the age and the experience of the players seem to affect the cohesion and also the perceptions of players about their individual and team performance. The sample of the data were 403 male soccer players from amateur Greek leagues aged 13 to 38 years (M= 21,91). The number of the participants that answered all the items of the questionnaires to all loans was 173 players. Perceptions of group cohesion were assessed using the Greek version of the 18-item Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ: Carron et al., 1985;Aggelonidis, 1995). The other variables were measured with improvised scales. The MANOVA analysis showed that cohesion is related to the perceptions of soccer players about their individual and team performance. Descriptive statistics showed also differences but no significant among the players of different either age or experience.

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“…Elle pourrait, pour peu qu'elle soit mise en regard des perceptions d'effort jouant le rôle de médiateur de la relation cohésion-performance, être une mesure objective plus réaliste, permettant de mieux cerner cette relation. Des études se sont penchées sur les relations des trois variables que sont la cohésion, l'effort et la performance (e.g., Bray & Whaley, 2001 ;Prapavessis & Carron, 1997a). Bray et Whaley (2001), s'inspirant de Prapavessis et Carron (1997a), selon lesquels, les perceptions de cohésion sont positivement associées à l'effort, concluent que la cohésion permet de prédire la performance (en particulier la performance objective individuelle) et que l'effort peut être considéré comme médiateur de la relation cohésion-performance.…”

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La cohésion des groupes sportifs : évolutions conceptuelles, mesures et relations avec la performance

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Fontayne

Heuzé³

2006

Science & Motricité

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L'objectif de cet article est de présenter une recension des travaux publiés ces dernières années, dans de nombreux domaines, sur l'un des concepts les plus utilisés dans les études portant sur les groupes : la cohésion.Des premières approches de Festinger, Schachter et Back (1950) jusqu'au modèle théorique proposé par , la cohésion est passée d'un construit unidimensionnel sans réelle réflexion conceptuelle, à un construit multidimensionnel, étayé par la littérature sur la dynamique de groupe et opérationnalisé au travers d'outils de mesure utilisables en situations naturelles (e.g., situations sportives). Il apparaît que le catalyseur de toutes ces recherches est la relation implicite, existant entre le niveau de cohésion et la performance, adoptée dans la quasi-totalité des études. Dans ces travaux, l'idée sous-jacente est qu'un haut niveau de cohésion conduit à des performances élevées.Cependant, il semble que cette relation cohésion-performance soit beaucoup plus circulaire que linéaire, et qu'elle fasse intervenir de nombreuses autres variables appartenant à la dynamique de groupe, dont seule la compréhension en un tout organisé permettra d'envisager une intervention pratique visant l'amélioration de la performance. ABSTRACTThe main purpose of this article is to present a review of works that were published these last years, in numerous domains, on one of concepts the most often used in studies concerning sports team, namely : cohesion. From the seminal works of Festinger, Schachter, and Back (1950) to the theoretical model proposed by Carron, Widmeyer, and Brawley (1985), cohesion evolved from a unidimensional construct without real conceptual thought to a multidimensional conception, supported by the literature on group dynamics and became efficient through useful measuring tools of in natural situations (e.g., sport context).It seems that the catalyst of all this research is the implicit relation that exists between the level of cohesion and performance. In these works, the underlying assumption is that a high level of cohesion leads to high performances.However, it seems that the "cohesion -performance" relationship is more circular than linear, and that it includes numerous other variables belonging to the group dynamics. Only the inclusion of all these variables in an organized whole will allow to envisage a practical intervention aiming at the improvement of the performance.

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Team Cohesion, Effort, and Objective Individual Performance of High School Basketball Players

Cited by 40 publications

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Analysis of Cohesion and Collective Efficacy Profiles for the Performance of Soccer Players

Analysis of Cohesion and Collective Efficacy Profiles for the Performance of Soccer Players

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