Copyright (c) 2013 Western Kentucky University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/psyc_fac_pub Recent documents in Psychology Faculty Publications en-us Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:48:39 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/psyc_fac_pub/2 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/psyc_fac_pub/2 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:43:56 PST The authors investigated the use of proactive pessimism among college basketball fans. Rather than assess evaluations of an upcoming season as with previous work on proactive pessimism among fans, Grieve and Wann examined evaluations of a specific game.

]]> Frederick G. Grieve et al. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/psyc_fac_pub/1 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/psyc_fac_pub/1 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:14:10 PST A structured communication process developed for increasing role clarity for members of NCAA Division I basketball and volleyball teams was implemented for eight teams. The intervention included the completion of an instrument by both the head coach and each player, which enabled a quantified assessment of role agreement on a comprehensive list of required individual roles. The coach then met with each player individually to discuss the player’s roles on the team and where coach and player perceptions differed. As a result of the roles process and across coach experience level, role agreement between coach and players improved similarly from an initial pre-meeting average of 66.9% (SD = 7.03) to an average post-meeting agreement of 89.5% (SD = 6.43). However, less experienced coaches used the initial feedback to alter player’s role assignment (M = 9.67, SD = 2.08) significantly more often than did experienced coaches (M = .80, SD = 1.1). Results suggest the role clarity process is a useful tool for less experienced coaches to examine and refine their strategies for assigning player roles as well as for increasing player role clarity.

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