Team-Referent Attributions Among Sport Performers

Greenlees, Iain A.; Lane, Andrew M.; Thelwell, Richard C.; Holder, Tim; Hobson, Gina

doi:10.1080/02701367.2005.10599321

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“…The results of previous research by other authors are comparable to a certain extent in this respect [6,7,8,19]. It can be expected that in similar situations these players would be likely to perceive their own skills, aptitudes, or effort as the cause of their success and to see failure as caused by factors beyond their control.…”

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Causal Attributions of Success and Failure and Mood States in Football Players

Szczepaniak

Guszkowska

2016

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine the causal attributions of success and failure in a football match in a group of football players, as well as to investigate the association of the players' attributions with their level of achievement and the relationships between their causal attributions and affective states. Material and methods. The study involved 75 football players, including 44 players from the first league and 31 players from the third league. The research was carried out using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) by D.M. McNair, M. Lorr, and L.F. Droppleman and a specially designed questionnaire concerning the causal attributions of success and failure. Results. It was found that the football players who participated in the study tended to attribute success to internal causes and failure to external causes. More frequent use of external attributions most likely had an adverse impact on the mood state of the players. Conclusion. Information concerning the attributions that a given player makes can be useful for coaches, as it can help them develop the athlete's mental abilities more effectively. Beliefs related to attributions can be modified. It is worth considering the benefits of encouraging internal attributions in the case of success and external attributions in situations of failure.

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“…Moreover, other authors noted that athletes who had won made internal and stable attributions more frequently than those who had lost [5,6,7].…”

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Causal Attributions of Success and Failure and Mood States in Football Players

Szczepaniak

Guszkowska

2016

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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“…That is, if the competition being played is not viewed as an important part of the individual's self-concept (i.e. it is a meaningless encounter) then there is little reason to bias attributions to protect self-esteem (Greenlees, Lane, Thelwell, Holder, & Hobson, 2005). Research in team sport has shown some support this notion with female athletes reporting a greater use of stable attributions for team success than for team failure only when the competition is perceived as particularly important (Greenlees et al, 2007).…”

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A theoretical framework and research agenda for studying team attributions in sport

Allen

Coffee

Greenlees

2012

International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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The attributions made for group outcomes have attracted a great deal of interest in recent years. In this article we bring together much of the current research on attribution theory in sport and outline a new conceptual framework and research agenda for investigating the attributions of team members. The proposed framework draws on multiple conceptual approaches including models of attribution, group dynamics and stress responses to provide a detailed hypothetical description of athletes' physiological, cognitive and affective responses to group competition. In describing this model we outline important antecedents of team attributions before hypothesising how attributions can impact hormonal and cardiovascular responses of athletes, together with cognitive (goals, choices, expectations), affective (selfesteem, emotions), and behavioural (approach-avoidance actions) responses of groups and group members. We conclude by outlining important methodological considerations and implications for structured context specific attribution-based interventions.

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“…This study did find, however, that personal control (r = .36), internal locus of causality (r = .38), and stability (r = .35) equally predicted self-efficacy. Second, the high correlations between these subscales found in this study, and others (see Greenlees, Lane, Thelwell, Holder, & Hobson, 2005), created a multicollinearity concern. The consequences of this are imprecise and unstable structural coefficients.…”

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confidence: 87%