Question

(1) Discuss the issue of direction of causality between team cohesion and athletic performance.

Why might the consequence of team cohesion in this case be an important concept to understand?

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Answer 1

Research has consistently shown that a significant relationship exists between team cohesion and athletic performance. Almost all athletes, however, have experienced the "halo effect' of success. When your team is winning, it is a lot easier to feel at one with your team and with your teammates. Team cohesion leads to team performance, and Team performance leads to team cohesion. Teams that have developed high levels of team cohesion tend to exhibit high group efficacy as well. This observed relationship is much stronger when task cohesion, as opposed to social cohesion, is involved, and when interactive, as opposed to coactive sports, are involved. Interactive sports are those team sports, such as volleyball, basketball, and soccer, that require members of the team to interact with one another. Coactive sports are those activities, such as bowling, archery, and riflery, that do not require members of the team to interact with each other for team success. The other consequences of team cohesion include direction of causality for the cohesion-performance relationship, improving group self-efficacy, predicting future participation, homogeneity of team cohesion, disruptive effects of self-handicapping, and team momentum.