PMID: 18723900Aug 30, 2008Paper

Levels of social complexity and dimensions of peer experiences in youth sport

Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Nicholas L HoltJames L Mandigo

Abstract

We assessed young adolescent female soccer players' perceptions of their peer group experiences. Data were collected via interviews with 34 girls from two youth soccer teams (M age = 13.0 years). Following inductive discovery analysis, data were subjected to an interpretive theoretical analysis guided by a model of peer experiences (Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006). Five categories of peer experiences were identified across three levels of social complexity. At the interaction level players integrated new members into the team and learned to interact with different types of people. At the relationship level players learned about managing peer conflict. At the group level a structure of leadership emerged and players learned to work together. Findings demonstrated interfaces between peer interactions, relationships, and group processes while also simplifying some apparently complex systems that characterized peer experiences on the teams studied.

Citations

Apr 1, 2017·Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport·Mark W BrunerChristopher A Shields
Aug 10, 2019·Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport·Alison Phillips Reichter, Maureen R Weiss
Nov 27, 2020·Frontiers in Psychology·Eleonora ReverberiCaterina Francesca Gozzoli

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