Assessing Post-Game Emotions in Soccer Teams: The Role of Distinct Emotional Dynamics

RUMBOLD, James, NEWMAN, James, FOSTER, David, RHIND, Daniel J.A., PHOENIX, Jack and HICKEY, Lorcan (2021). Assessing Post-Game Emotions in Soccer Teams: The Role of Distinct Emotional Dynamics. European Journal of Sport Science.

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Abstract

This study examined the relationships between team (n = 10) and player post-game emotions following two consecutive games. In addition, the relationship between emotional contagion susceptibility and player post-game emotions was assessed. Applying an experience sampling methodology, male amateur and semi-professional soccer players (N = 114, Mage = 25.46 years, SD = 9.24) completed a sport emotion questionnaire shortly after the conclusion of two competitive games. Participants also completed a dispositional emotional contagion questionnaire prior to post-game data collection. Multilevel regressions revealed that teams’ collective post-game emotions were strongly associated with players’ post-game emotions, after accounting for within- (e.g., time, game outcome) and between-person (e.g., formal leaders, emotional contagion susceptibility) differences. In addition, partial support was found to indicate that emotional contagion susceptibility was associated with players’ post-game emotions. In this context of soccer, the findings suggest that collective emotions following a game are more indicative of individual players’ emotions than an individual’s general tendency to mimic the emotions of others. From an applied perspective, the findings demonstrate the importance of coaches and players being mindful of the team’s emotional climate after a game and the impact it may have on players, especially when that climate is negative.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This article was retrospectively made gold open access (June 2021).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Collective emotions; Ecological momentary assessment; Group-based emotions; Multilevel; Personality; Psychology of soccer; Sport Sciences; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2021.1916079
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2021 12:17
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2021 13:23
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28433

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