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. 2024 Mar 15:15:1353944.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1353944. eCollection 2024.

Analyzing the impact of team-building interventions on team cohesion in sports teams: a meta-analysis study

Sang Hyun Kwon  1
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Analyzing the impact of team-building interventions on team cohesion in sports teams: a meta-analysis study

Sang Hyun Kwon. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Introduction: Participation in team sports requires collaboration among multiple individuals over an extended period. Success in the game relies on more than just individual excellence; it necessitates effective teamwork. Team-building interventions have been shown to enhance team functioning, particularly in fostering cohesion among sports teams. This study aims to identify crucial factors in team-building interventions that contribute to improved team cohesion in sports teams.

Methods: A comprehensive meta-analysis of 15 articles was conducted to identify the crucial factors in team-building interventions that contribute to improved team cohesion in sports teams. The analysis focused on the age of participants, level of performance, and duration of interventions.

Results: The results of the analysis revealed that the positive impact of team-building was found to be most pronounced when the participants were between 15 and 20 years old, performed at collegiate teams, and engaged in interventions lasting more than 2 weeks. Among the four types of cohesion in sports teams, individual attraction to the group task (ATG-T) emerged as the aspect most influenced by team-building interventions.

Discussion: These findings provide valuable insights into the factors influencing the success of team-building interventions in enhancing team cohesion within sports teams.

Keywords: group cohesion; group-based intervention; interactive sports; meta-analysis; teambuilding.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Flowchart of the systematic review process according to the PRISMA protocol declarations.
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Assessment of risk of bias in the included studies.
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Forest plot of meta-analysis for team building intervention on cohesion in sports teams. The individual effect sizes are identified as Hedges g with lower and upper limits of 95% CIs.
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Funnel plot of standard error by Hedges g.
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Figure 5
Meta-regression analysis of the relationship between Hedges’ g and the mean age of participants.
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