Open AccessPERCEPTION OF COHESION IN INTERACTIVE SPORTS TEAMS
Author(s) -
Gordana Dobrijević,
Jelena Đorđević Boljanović,
Slavko Alčaković,
Snežana Lazarević
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
facta universitatis. series: physical education and sport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0496
pISSN - 1451-740X
DOI - 10.22190/fupes180831040d
Subject(s) - cohesion (chemistry) , basketball , perception , interdependence , group cohesiveness , football , psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , team sport , sociology , political science , geography , physical therapy , athletes , social science , chemistry , archaeology , organic chemistry , neuroscience , law , medicine
The aim of this study is to examine the perception of cohesion in highly interdependent sports teams, compare cohesion in different sports, and then compare social and task cohesion. The participants were 205 professional sports players in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. They are engaged in five different sports: Football/soccer, basketball, volleyball, handball, and water polo. The Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ) was used to collect the data. All the analyses were carried out with the SPSS 22 statistical software. The results have shown moderately-high levels of all four aspects of cohesion (Group Integration-Task, Group Integration-Social, Individual Attractions to the Group-Task, and Individual Attractions to the Group-Social) in all sports. Overall, perception of task cohesion is higher than perception of social cohesion. The study also reveals that the type of sport played impacts the level of cohesion, with basketball players having the highest scores of all.