Individual Sport Team Interdependence Perceptions

What is it about?

Although individual sport teams are united by the fact that members compete individually, they can vary greatly according to the degree that members are interdependent on one another. We explored how perceptions of athletes' teams differed according to whether or not they were united to their teammates by: (a) working with teammates on some sort of task (e.g., relay), (b) sharing a collective goal with teammates, or (c) competing directly against teammates.

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Why is it important?

If we can understand how to structure teams so that members feel cohesive and act in a cooperative manner, then we can shape teams so that: (a) youth are more likely to have positive sport experiences, (b) elite individual sport athletes compete in positive group settings, and (c) recreational sport groups help people adhere to physical activity.