Satisfação e coesão: um estudo correlacional com atletas do esporte Coletivo

Abstract

The aim of this study was investigate the correlations between the variables athlete’s satisfaction and group’s cohesion in amateur collective sports teams. 138 athletes from 10 amateur adult teams of basketball, rúgby, volleyball and soccer participated of the study. To evaluate satisfaction and cohesion levels, Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ-L) and Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ) were applied. Athletes presented moderate levels of personal satisfaction and group cohesion in all dimensions. The scores of the dimensions of satisfaction of the athlete by modality point to significant differences in the dimension Training-Instruction (between basketball and soccer’s teams), Personal Treatment (between soccer and other teams) and Team Performance (between basketball and rugby’s teams and football and volleyball’s teams). The scores of the group cohesion dimensions by modality showed a significant difference in Integration in Task Group (between basketball and soccer’s teams) and in Individual Attraction for the Task Group (between rugby and soccer’s team). The relationship between the athlete satisfaction variable and group cohesion presented positive correlations involving Training-Instruction, Integration in Task Group, Individual Attraction for the Task Group, Personal Treatment and Team Performance. This work contributed to partially clarify the differences between teams of different modalities. From the results are discussed the limitations and contributions of the study.