Peer-Initiated Motivational Climate and Group Cohesion in Youth Sport
- 21 May 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
- Vol. 29 (1) , 88-100
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the reciprocal relationship between peer-initiated motivational climate and group cohesion. Measures of peer climate and cohesion were completed across the first half of a competitive season. Controlling for early season perceptions of the dependent variables, hierarchical regression results from 189 participants revealed that early season ego-related climate negatively predicted task cohesion near midseason (p <.01), and task cohesion at early season positively predicted task-related climate at midseason (p <.01). The current study offers preliminary insight into the direction of the relationships between the two constructs in competitive youth sport.Keywords
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