Ties That Bond: Youth Sport as a Vehicle for Social Identity and Positive Youth Development

Bruner, Mark W.; Balish, Shea M.; Forrest, Christopher K; Brown, Sarah; Webber, Kristine; Gray, Emily; McGuckin, Matthew; Keats, Melanie R.; Rehman, Laurene; Shields, Christopher

doi:10.1080/02701367.2017.1296100

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“…Generally, the study findings support preliminary evidence indicating social identity to largely be associated with prosocial behavior in a facilitative, adaptive manner . The findings also supplement individual outcomes associated with enhanced social identity in sport, such as increased self-worth, commitment, and positive youth development (Bruner, Balish et al, 2017;Martin, Balderson, Hawkins, Wilson, & Bruner, 2017).…”

Section: Relations Between Social Identity and Prosocial And Antisocisupporting

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Disentangling the Relations between Social Identity and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Competitive Youth Sport

Bruner

Boardley

Benson

et al. 2017

J Youth Adolescence

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The social identities formed through membership on extracurricular activity groups may contribute to the frequency with which youth engage in prosocial and antisocial behavior. However, researchers have yet to disentangle the individual- and group-level processes social identification effects operate through; sex and perceived norms may also moderate such effects. Thus, we investigated the hierarchical and conditional relations between three dimensions of social identity (i.e., ingroup ties, cognitive centrality, ingroup affect) and prosocial and antisocial behavior in youth ice hockey players (N = 376; 33% female). Multilevel analyses demonstrated antisocial teammate and opponent behavior were predicted by cognitive centrality at the team level. Further, prosocial teammate behavior was predicted by cognitive centrality and ingroup ties at the individual-level. Also, perceived norms for prosocial teammate behavior moderated the relations between ingroup ties, cognitive centrality, and ingroup affect and prosocial teammate behaviour. Finally, sex moderated the relations between cognitive centrality/ingroup affect and antisocial opponent behavior. This work demonstrates the multilevel and conditional nature of how social identity dimensions relate to youth prosocial and antisocial behavior.

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Section: Relations Between Social Identity and Prosocial And Antisocisupporting

confidence: 55%

Disentangling the Relations between Social Identity and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Competitive Youth Sport

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Boardley

Benson

et al. 2017

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Referring back to Holt and colleagues’ [ 26 ] model, the YES-S captures the PYD outcomes box. This is further evidenced in prior research that has employed the YES-S as an outcome measure of positive youth development in sport [ 45 , 53 – 55 ]. Therefore, the YES-S and our proposed SEM:CY measure are distinct in both purpose and in coverage.…”

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Measuring sport experiences in children and youth to better understand the impact of sport on health and positive youth development: designing a brief measure for population health surveys

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BackgroundDespite the proliferation of studies examining youth sport participation, there are significant gaps in knowledge regarding the impact of youth sport participation on health and development. These gaps are not new, but have persisted due to limitations with how sport participation is measured. Much of the research to date has measured sport participation as binary (yes/no) or count measures. This has been especially true in survey-based research. Yet, at the same time, research has investigated youths’ experiences in sport such as the influence of coaches, teammates, and parents. The ability to measure these experiences is constrained by the need to use a number of measures along with gaps in the content covered in existing measures. We propose to develop and test the Sport Experiences Measure: Children and Youth (SEM:CY) as a population survey-based measure that captures the salient aspects of youths’ experience in sport.MethodsThe SEM:CY will be developed and tested across three phases. Phase I includes qualitative research with members of the sport community and engagement with an expert group to generate and obtain feedback on the initial item pool. In Phase II will recruit two consecutive samples of students from schools to complete the draft measure. Analysis will focus on assessing the items and factor structure of the measure. Factor structure will be assessed first with exploratory factor analysis and then confirmatory factor analysis. In phase III we will test the association between the SEM:CY with a measure of perceived competence, sport anxiety, and positive youth development to assess construct validity. We will also examine whether the structure of the measure varies by age or gender.DiscussionThe SEM:CY measure will provide a meaningful contribution to the measurement and understanding of youth sport participation. The SEM:CY can be used as a stand-alone measure to understand youth experiences in sport programs, or in combination with other health and development measures to better understand how youth sport can contribute to both positive and negative outcomes.

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“…2, 2017 recommended and/or reported the potential benefits of team building to the athlete and team (Bruner, Eys, Beauchamp, & Côté, 2013;Martin, Carron, Burke, 2009, interventions have yet to specifically examine the influence of team building on social identity in youth sport. Given the emerging benefits of social identity on young athlete development (Bruner, Boardley et al, 2017;Balish et al, 2017) and moral behavior (Bruner, Eys et al 2014), further research is encouraged to examine the influence of a team building intervention on social identity, youth development and intrateam moral behavior.…”

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Understanding Social Identity and Intrateam Moral Behavior in Competitive Youth Ice Hockey: A Narrative Perspective

Bruner

Boardley

Allan

et al. 2017

The Sport Psychologist

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Social identity has been found to play a salient role in regulating teammate behavior among youth participating in a range of sports (Bruner, Boardley, & Côté, 2014). This study aimed to better understand social identity by examining how it may influence intrateam moral behavior specifically in competitive youth ice hockey. Thirty-six male and female competitive youth ice hockey players from nine teams participated in narrative interviews. Using a thematic narrative analysis, three distinct narratives were identified: (1) family-oriented team narrative, (2) performance-oriented team narrative, and (3) dominance-oriented team narrative. Within each of the narratives, a reciprocal relationship between social identity and intrateam moral behavior was reported such that young athletes’ social identities developed through team membership may influence and be influenced by their moral behavior toward teammates. Collectively, the results extend previous research by providing an in-depth qualitative understanding of social identity and intrateam moral behavior in youth sport.

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Ties That Bond: Youth Sport as a Vehicle for Social Identity and Positive Youth Development

Abstract: The findings extend previous research highlighting the benefits of social identity on teammate behavior and team performance and demonstrate how social identity may contribute to PYD through sport.

Cited by 88 publications

References 23 publications

Disentangling the Relations between Social Identity and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Competitive Youth Sport

Disentangling the Relations between Social Identity and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Competitive Youth Sport

Measuring sport experiences in children and youth to better understand the impact of sport on health and positive youth development: designing a brief measure for population health surveys

Understanding Social Identity and Intrateam Moral Behavior in Competitive Youth Ice Hockey: A Narrative Perspective

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