Reciprocity of the relationship between role ambiguity and group cohesion in youth interdependent sport

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-348

  Bosselut, Grégoire ^a   McLaren, Colin D ^a   Eys, Mark A ^b   Heuzé, Jean Philippe ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Longitudinal design; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857232445     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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