Leaders promote attendance in sport and exercise sessions by fostering social identity

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
Mark StevensRemco Polman

Abstract

Sport and exercise participation exert a positive effect on numerous aspects of individuals' health. Although sport and exercise leaders have generally been observed to play a key role in shaping group members' behavior, our understanding of their impact on group members' attendance in sport and exercise sessions is limited. To address this, and building on promising findings in other domains, we examined the associations between perceptions of sport and exercise leaders' engagement in social identity leadership, group identification, and attendance. A sample of 583 participants from sports teams (n = 307) and exercise groups (n = 276) completed questionnaires measuring identity leadership, group identification, and attendance. Analyses demonstrated that perceptions of leader engagement in social identity leadership were positively associated with members' group identification, and that this in turn was positively associated with their attendance in either a sports group or an exercise group. Moreover, there was a significant indirect effect for perceptions of leader engagement in identity leadership on group members' attendance through their greater identification with these groups. Findings highlight the importance of conside...Continue Reading

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Mar 2, 2019·Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research·Tegan CruwysDaniel P Skorich
Feb 12, 2020·Annals of Behavioral Medicine : a Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine·Mark Stevens, Tegan Cruwys
Apr 24, 2019·Nature Human Behaviour·Marwa El ZeinRalph Hertwig
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