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Do Individual Perceptions of Group Cohesion Reflect Shared Beliefs?

Abstract

This study's primary purpose was to examine the degree to which individual perceptions of cohesiveness reflect shared beliefs in sport teams. The secondary purposes were to examine how the type of cohesion, the task interactive nature of the group, and the absolute level of cohesion relate to the index of agreement. Teams (n = 192 containing 2,107 athletes) were tested on the Group Environment Questionnaire. Index of agreement values were greater for the group integration (GI) manifestations of cohesiveness (GI-task, rwg(j) = .721; GI-social,rwg(j) = .694) than for the individual attractions to the group (ATG) manifestations (ATG-task, rwg(j) = .621; ATG-social, rwg(j) = .563). No differences were found for interactive versus coactive/independent sport teams. A positive relationship was observed between the absolute level of cohesiveness and the index of agreement. Results were discussed in terms of their implication for the aggregation of individual perceptions of cohesion to represent the group construct.

Authors

Carron AV; Brawley LR; Eys MA; Bray S; Dorsch K; Estabrooks P; Hall CR; Hardy J; Hausenblas H; Madison R

Journal

Small Group Research, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 468–496

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

August 1, 2003

DOI

10.1177/1046496403254274

ISSN

1046-4964

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