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Perceived motivational team climate in relation to task and social cohesion among male college athletes
Author(s) -
Boyd Michael,
Kim MiSook,
Ensari Nurcan,
Yin Zeg
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12210
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , cohesion (chemistry) , basketball , perception , group cohesiveness , id, ego and super ego , team sport , athletes , task (project management) , management , geography , medicine , chemistry , physical therapy , archaeology , organic chemistry , neuroscience , economics
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between perceptions of the motivational team climate and task and social cohesion among male college athletes. Basketball and soccer players ( n = 179) completed two response measures, the P erceived M otivational C limate in S port Q uestionnaire‐ II ( N ewton, D uda, & Y in) and the G roup E nvironment Q uestionnaire ( GEQ ; C arron, W idmeyer, & B rawley) before practice in a team setting near the end of the competitive season. Hierarchical linear modeling analysis revealed that individual perceptions of a task‐involving climate positively predicted, and perceptions of an ego‐involving climate negatively predicted, individual‐attraction‐to‐group task cohesion. Further analysis indicated that perceptions of a task‐involving climate also significantly predicted individual‐attraction‐to‐group social cohesion and group‐integration task cohesion. Perceptions of an ego‐involving climate failed to demonstrate any other predictive value in relation to team cohesion. Discussion underscores the beneficial nature of a task‐involving motivational team climate in regard to the formation and development of task and social cohesion among competitive male college athletes.