A season-long team-building intervention: Examining the effect of team goal setting on cohesion

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-199

  Senécal, Julie ^a   Loughead, Todd M ^b   Bloom, Gordon A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Team building; Team cohesion; Team goal setting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 49849104569     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.30.2.186     Document Type: Article

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