Topic 5 - Senecal Flashcards
What was the sample?
84 female high school basketballs (aged 14-18) from 8 different teams
What was the group environment questionnaire assessing?
To assess levels of cohesion at the beginning and the end of the season
What was the aim?
To investigate effectiveness of a season - long team building intervention program on team cohesion
What was the experimental condition?
Give a list of performance indicators (eg. number of turnovers, steals, blocked shots, free throw shooting percentages etc.) asked to individually decide most importance aspects to work on team goals.
What happened in the groups that they were put in?
They were put into groups of 5 where they had to discuss and agree on most important team goals and then whole group decided on 4 most important
What did the coach do?
They reminded them of goals
When were the goals reviewed?
After 3 games
What happened when the goals were reviewed?
New goals were given
What was the findings?
No difference in group cohesion between 2 groups at the beginning of the season, the group who took part in the goal setting condition showed significantly higher levels of both social and task cohesion by the end of the season
