activity could prevent the development of such chronic conditions ( OECD, 2006 ). However, various studies have also shown that adherence and long-term maintenance of physical activity are difficult among older adults ( Arbesman & Mosley, 2012 ). The social identity approach (SIA) ( Haslam, 2004 ) proposes
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Johan Pelssers, Emalie Hurkmans, Jeroen Scheerder, Norbert Vanbeselaere, Steven Vos, Tim Smits and Filip Boen
Elizabeth A. Baiocchi-Wagner and Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz
Attempts at investigating female sports reporters’ credibility and persuasiveness from the audience’s perspective are limited and outdated. This study, grounded in social identity theory, fills the gap in media literature. A quasi-experiment tested respondents’ perceptions of male and female sports reporters’ credibility and persuasiveness as a function of salient gender identity and reporter and athlete sex. Respondents’ sports fandom, frequency of sports-media usage, and general perceptions of news-media credibility also were examined. Results of a MANOVA indicated no significant differences in respondents’ perceptions of a male and female reporter, even when controlling for respondent gender; however, sports fandom and general perceptions of news-media credibility did have a significant impact on perceptions.
Matthew Katz, Thomas A. Baker III and Hui Du
subgroups, theoretically, may include both psychological affiliations and interpersonal relationships. In the present study, we utilized the social identity approach ( Tajfel & Turner, 1979 ; Turner, 1985 ) and network theory ( Borgatti & Halgin, 2011 ) to examine how both identification and social
Katrien Fransen, Norbert Vanbeselaere, Bert De Cuyper, Pete Coffee, Matthew J. Slater and Filip Boen
Research on the effect of athlete leadership on precursors of team performance such as team confidence is sparse. To explore the underlying mechanisms of how athlete leaders impact their team’s confidence, an online survey was completed by 2,867 players and coaches from nine different team sports in Flanders (Belgium). We distinguished between two types of team confidence: collective efficacy, assessed by the CEQS subscales of effort, persistence, preparation, and unity; and team outcome confidence, measured by the ability subscale. The results demonstrated that the perceived quality of athlete leaders was positively related to participants’ team outcome confidence. The present findings are the first in sport settings to highlight the potential value of collective efficacy and team identification as underlying processes. Because high-quality leaders strengthen team members’ identification with the team, the current study also provides initial evidence for the applicability of the identity based leadership approach in sport settings.
Kim Gammage, Rachel Arnold, Nicole Bolter, Angela Coppola, Thomas Curran, Lori Dithurbide, Karl Erickson, Mary Jung, Larkin Lamarche, Luc Martin and Kathleen Wilson
approach, which considers the mental and physical benefits derived from developing social identities based on meaningful group memberships. Grounded in social identity and self-categorization theories, a social identity approach recognizes that individual psychology is invariably influenced by group life
Akira Asada and Yong Jae Ko
sport sociologists have shifted their interests from the outcomes to the process of sport socialization, sport marketing scholars have also focused on the underlying mechanisms of how people are attracted to sports teams. To examine such mechanisms, researchers have adopted a social identity approach
Scott A. Graupensperger, Alex J. Benson and M. Blair Evans
conformity is informed by social identity theory and self-categorization theory (i.e., social identity approach; Rees, Haslam, Coffee, & Lavallee, 2015 ). Social identity is “that part of an individual’s self-concept which derives from his/her knowledge of his/her membership of a social group (or groups
Akira Asada, Yong Jae Ko and Wonseok (Eric) Jang
community’s role in sport socialization, it is necessary to carefully examine specific aspects of a community that influence residents’ cognitions and behaviors during sport socialization. Specifically, drawing on a social identity approach, we identified two factors characterizing sports fan communities
Tanya McGuane, Stephen Shannon, Lee-Ann Sharp, Martin Dempster and Gavin Breslin
performance . Canberra, Australia : Australian Sports Commission . Haslam , S. ( 2014 ). Making good theory practical: Five lessons for an applied social identity approach to challenges of organizational, health, and clinical psychology . British Journal of Social Psychology, 53 ( 1 ), 1 – 20
Matthew Katz, Aaron C. Mansfield and B. David Tyler
social identity approach expands on social identity theory to also include self-categorization theory ( Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Reicher, & Wetherell, 1987 ). Self-categorization details how the group memberships central to social identity theory produce prototype-based depersonalization, whereby group
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