Focused on understanding the key underlying group processes that contribute to youth sport experiences, The Power of Groups in Youth Sport provides an innovative and expansive overview of the research in group dynamics within youth sports. The first section of the book examines topics relating to forming and structuring groups, including team selection, athlete socialization, normative expectations, roles, coach and athlete leadership, social identity, and more. The second section reviews concepts associated with group functioning and management, such as cohesion, subgroups, motivational climate, teamwork, and team building. This book concludes with a series of chapters focused on specific developmental considerations in youth sports that are often overlooked in group dynamics research including parental involvement, bullying and hazing, mental health, ,and disability and accessibility.
| ISBN: | 9780128163368 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 2020 |
| Author: | Mark W. (School of Physical and Health Education, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada) Bruner |
| Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 372 pages |
| Genres: |
Psychology Age groups: children Child, developmental and lifespan psychology Occupational and industrial psychology |