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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2018)
Assessment of team cohesion between national level volleyball and basketball players
Authors
Sujan GB, Vileep KS
Abstract
Introduction: Historically, cohesion has been identified as the most important small group variable. Also cohesion has been the object of scientific scrutiny in both Sport and Exercise Psychology. The term cohesion is derived from the Latin word "cohaesus", which means to cleave or stick together. Like many social constructs, cohesion has been defined in a variety of ways. Festinger defined it as "the total field of force that act on members to remain in the group". In sports Psychology, Carron, Brawley and Widmeyer proposed that cohesion is "a dynamic process that is reflected in the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united in the pursuit of its instrumental objectives and/or for the satisfaction of member affective needs". Purpose: The purpose of the study was to compare the team cohesion between volleyball and basketball players. Methodology: To achieve the purpose of the study the investigator had selected 146 players, 73 players from Volleyball and Basketball games during 64th Senior National Volley Ball tournament held at Bangalore and 66th Senior National Basketball tournament held at Mysore. The data pertaining to the selected psychological variable of this study, team cohesion was measured by using questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered to the subjects during the tournament by taking prior permission from the officials accompanied the teams. Result: To test the hypothesis of the study, the data collected was analyzed by using the statistical technique ‘t’ test was used with the help of statistical package for the social science (SPSS) and level of significance was set 0.05 level. Conclusion: There was a significant difference in team cohesion between volleyball and basketball players.
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Pages:151-153
How to cite this article:
Sujan GB, Vileep KS "Assessment of team cohesion between national level volleyball and basketball players". International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 151-153
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