TEAM COHESION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO TEAM PERFORMANCE, AGE, AND GENDER
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Authors
Jones III, Joseph L.
Issue Date
2001
Type
Thesis
Language
en
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Abstract
One hundred and twenty young soccer athletes were used in this study. Their ages ranged from 7 - 18 years of age, 60 females, and 60 males were studied. The 120 athletes represented 8 soccer teams, 4 female, and 4 males. The athletes were tested for the 'amount of cohesion on their team by taking the Group Environmental Questionnaire (GEQ) which gives 5 different measures of cohesion. In this quantitative study the independent variables utilized were age, win-loss record, and gender. To analyze the data, t-tests, analyses of variance (ANOVA), and multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) were used. The results showed a number of significant differences. Teams with winning percentages had better cohesion. Also as athletes develop and mature they tend to become more cohesive. Female athletes tend be more cohesive than male athletes as they gain in maturity. Results were discussed and implications were given.