Consulting on Tour: A Dual-Phase Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing Intervention and Group Functioning in Elite Youth Cricket

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Jamie B. Barker Staffordshire University

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Andrew L. Evans Nottingham Trent University

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Pete Coffee University of Stirling

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Matt J. Slater Staffordshire University

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Paul J. McCarthy Glasgow Caledonian University

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2013-0042
Keywords:
team building; social identity; collective efficacy; interventions; social validation; thematic analysis
In Print:
Volume 28: Issue 2
Page Range:
186–197
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In a one group pretest-posttest design, 15 elite academy cricketers were exposed to two personal-disclosure mutual-sharing (PDMS) sessions during a preseason tour. Within PDMS1, athletes disclosed (via prepared speeches) relationship-oriented information and within PDMS2, mastery oriented information. Social identity, social identity content, and collective efficacy were measured at baseline (1 week before the tour), post-PDMS1, midpoint, and post-PDMS2, while social validation was also obtained after each intervention session. Quantitative data revealed significant increases in social identity and friendships identity content at post-PDMS1, and results identity content and collective efficacy at post-PDMS2. Qualitative social validation data highlighted the thoughts and feelings of the athletes before their speeches and supported the effectiveness of the PDMS sessions. In sum, the data suggest practitioners can develop team outcomes (e.g., a focus on results) through developing specific aspects of teams’ identities. Study limitations, practitioner guidelines, and areas for future research are discussed.

Barker and Slater are with the Centre for Sport, Health and Exercise Research, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Evans is with the School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. Coffee is with the School of Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. McCarthy is with the School of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.

Address author correspondence to Jamie B. Barker at j.b.barker@staffs.ac.uk.
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