Relationship between collective efficacy and contextual performance among university athletes in Japan.
The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between collective efficacy and contextual performance among university athletes in Japan. We carried out 305 university athletes (201 males, 104 females) from 14 teams in various geographic areas in Japan. The average age of the participants was 19.91 years (SD = 1.01). The kinds of sports were soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, and so on. Then, using Collective Efficacy Questionnaire for Sports (CEQS; Sandra E. Short et al., 2005) and Contextual Performance Scale (Ikeda, and Furukawa, 2008), we examined the relationship between collective efficacy and Contextual performance. In conclusion, this study provided the following three remarks. 1) There are relationship between collective efficacy and contextual performance. 2) Contextual performance execution level improve collective efficacy. 3) It is important to always recommend contextual performance in own team to strengthen the collective efficacy more.
Juntendo University Graduate School of Health and Sports Science,1-1, Hiragagakuendai Inzai, Chiba,270-1695 Japan. y_hochi@rb4.so-net.ne.jp
Yasuyuki
Y
Hochii
Motoki
M
Mizunoo
Takahiro
T
Nakayama
Ikuyo
I
Kanneko
Kaoru
K
Kitamura
D000328:Adult; D054874:Athletic Performance; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult