Francisco Miguel Leo Marcos

Evolution of perceived cohesion and efficacy over the season and their relation to success expectations in soccer teams

Abstract The main goal of the study is to examine the evolution of players perception of cohesion and efficacy over the season and their relation with success expectations. The research sample comprised 146 male soccer players, aged between 15 and 19 years (M = 16.96, SD = .76). Diverse instruments were used to measure cohesion, perceived efficacy, and success expectations. The most noteworthy results show that players whose expectations do not match the teams final performance will experience a negative evolution of their levels of perceived cohesion and efficacy, whereas players whose expectations at the start of the season match the teams final performance in the classification will maintain their degree of perceived cohesion and efficacy. The main conclusion of the study is that coaches and sport psychologists should attempt to clarify the players basic goals of the season to create expectations that match what is expected from the team.

La influencia del entorno próximo sobre la persistencia en la práctica de actividad físico-deportiva

El objetivo del presente estudio es conocer la importancia que adquieren los otros significativos, padres, entrenador y companeros, sobre la persistencia o cese de la practica deportiva en jovenes estudiantes. La muestra esta formada por 958 jovenes participantes de deportes colectivos, con edades comprendidas entre los 11 y 16 anos, pertenecientes a la Comunidad Autonoma de Extremadura. Se emplearon instrumentos para valorar la implicacion de los padres en la practica deportiva, asi como el clima motivacional de companeros y entrenador. Los resultados nos muestran una capacidad predictiva de la implicacion al club de los padres y el apoyo sobre la continuidad en el deporte, asi como el clima de la tarea por el entrenador. Finalmente se discuten los resultados y se muestran limitaciones y prospectivas de futuro.