PMID- 28362163
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170731
LR  - 20170731
IS  - 2168-3824 (Electronic)
IS  - 0270-1367 (Linking)
VI  - 88
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Jun
TI  - Ties That Bond: Youth Sport as a Vehicle for Social Identity and Positive Youth 
      Development.
PG  - 209-214
LID - 10.1080/02701367.2017.1296100 [doi]
AB  - An emerging area of research has focused on understanding how the group dynamics 
      of a sport team influence positive youth development (PYD). The identities that 
      youth form through their membership in sport teams (i.e., social identities) have 
      been found to influence teammate behavior and team performance. Yet, minimal work 
      exists on social identity and PYD in youth sport. PURPOSE: The purpose of this 
      study was to investigate the relationship between social identity and PYD in 
      sport. METHOD: Youth engaged in recreational sport (N = 219; 
      M(age) = 11.61 years, SD = 1.39 years) completed measures of social identity and 
      PYD in sport. The social identity measure assessed 3 dimensions including ingroup 
      ties (IGT; perceptions of similarity, bonding, belongingness), cognitive 
      centrality (importance of being a team member), and ingroup affect (IGA; feelings 
      associated with group membership). A regression analysis was performed separately 
      for 4 PYD outcomes (personal and social skills, goal setting, initiative, 
      negative experiences) with the 3 dimensions of social identity entered as 
      predictors. RESULTS: Regression analyses revealed that IGT and IGA were 
      positively associated with personal and social skills (R(2) Adj. = .29). Further, 
      IGT predicted initiative (R(2) Adj. = .16), whereas IGA was positively associated 
      with goal setting (R(2) Adj. = .17) and negatively associated with negative 
      experiences (R(2) Adj. = .08). CONCLUSION: The findings extend previous research 
      highlighting the benefits of social identity on teammate behavior and team 
      performance and demonstrate how social identity may contribute to PYD through 
      sport.
FAU - Bruner, Mark W
AU  - Bruner MW
AD  - a Nipissing University.
FAU - Balish, Shea M
AU  - Balish SM
AD  - b Dalhousie University.
FAU - Forrest, Christopher
AU  - Forrest C
AD  - a Nipissing University.
FAU - Brown, Sarah
AU  - Brown S
AD  - c Acadia University.
FAU - Webber, Kristine
AU  - Webber K
AD  - b Dalhousie University.
FAU - Gray, Emily
AU  - Gray E
AD  - c Acadia University.
FAU - McGuckin, Matthew
AU  - McGuckin M
AD  - a Nipissing University.
FAU - Keats, Melanie R
AU  - Keats MR
AD  - b Dalhousie University.
FAU - Rehman, Laurene
AU  - Rehman L
AD  - b Dalhousie University.
FAU - Shields, Christopher A
AU  - Shields CA
AD  - c Acadia University.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170331
PL  - United States
TA  - Res Q Exerc Sport
JT  - Research quarterly for exercise and sport
JID - 8006373
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Goals
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Peer Group
MH  - *Social Identification
MH  - Social Skills
MH  - Youth Sports/*psychology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adolescence
OT  - group dynamics
OT  - personal development
OT  - team identification
EDAT- 2017/04/01 06:00
MHDA- 2017/08/02 06:00
CRDT- 2017/04/01 06:00
PHST- 2017/04/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/04/01 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/02701367.2017.1296100 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Res Q Exerc Sport. 2017 Jun;88(2):209-214. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2017.1296100. 
      Epub 2017 Mar 31.