Naslov
Team Cohesion among Female Basketball and Volleyball Players of the Universities from Croatia
(Timska kohezija kod košarkašica i odbojkašica Sveučilišta u Hrvatskoj)

Autori
Ivković, Gordana ; Magdić, Tea ; Alić, Jelena

Izvornik
Sport science ; International Scientific Journal of Kinesiology (1840-3662) 15 (2022), 2; 118-126

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
cohesion ; differences ; team mates ; student sport
(kohezija ; razlike ; timski kolege ; studentski sport)

Sažetak
Group cohesion in sport context is often the subject of scientific research and is oftentimes defined in a different way. In sports psychology, Carron, Brawley, and Widmeyer (1998) suggested that cohesion is “a dynamic process reflected in striving for a group to stick together and stay united in pursuit of its instrumental goals and/or to meet members’ affective needs.” Ramzaninezhad, Keshtan, Shahamat, & Kordshooli (2009) emphasizes that team success is not equal to the sum of individually invested effort, but a complex interaction of interpersonal and situational factors. Sindik and Ćubela Andorić (2014) believe that many factors affect the development of group cohesion, while the most important consequences are the results and achievements of the group. The aim of the research was to determine the differences in team cohesion between female basketball and volleyball players and differences in their cohesion with regard to the rank of the competition. The sample of respondents includes forty six basketball and sixty-six volleyball players who ware participants of the Final student championship in Croatia. Respondents voluntarily and anonymously completed the Croatian version of the team cohesiveness assessment questionnaire. T-test for independent samples was used to analyze the data. The results of the assessment of cohesiveness concerning the type of sport indicate that female basketball players have on average higher results in individual attractions to the group TASK (AS=4, 19) compared with female volleyball players, and female volleyball players have on average higher results in individual Attractions to the group- SOCIAL (AS= 3, 56) in comparison with female basketball players. In other aspects of cohesiveness there are no statistically significant differences between female basketball and volleyball players. The results of the assessment of cohesiveness with regard to the ranking of female athletes indicate that female athletes competing in higher rank have on average higher results in individual attractions to the group TASK (AS=4, 1) while in other aspects of cohesiveness there are no statistically significant differences. Since team cohesion is desirable in team sports and can contribute to better success in competitions, future research should examine which factors could influence the increase of team cohesion in sport.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija

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