Date of Award
7-25-2018
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.H.K.
Department
Kinesiology
Keywords
Emotional competence, intervention, Mindfulness, sport psychology, Team-building, Team cohesion
Supervisor
Todd M Loughead
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
The purpose of the pilot study was two-fold; firstly, to explore the effects of a team-based mindfulness meditation training program on perceptions of cohesion, and, secondly, to increase mindfulness and emotional competence. The participants were 32 female intercollegiate soccer players from two teams. One team was assigned to the mindfulness intervention condition, while the other served as the control condition. Participants completed measures of cohesion, mindfulness, and emotional competence pre- and post-intervention. The eight-week mindfulness meditation training program significantly increased perceptions of social cohesion. However, there were no significant changes for task cohesion, mindfulness, or emotional competence. Taken together, athletes in the mindfulness training program held higher perceptions of social cohesion than athletes in the control condition; indicating that mindfulness training allowed this team to increase its social cohesion.
Recommended Citation
Piasecki, Piotr Adam, "USING MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AS A TEAM BUILDING TOOL TO ENHANCE PERCEPTIONS OF COHESION, MINDFULNESS, AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE: A PILOT STUDY" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 7558.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/7558