GROUP COHESIVENESS, MOOD DISTURBANCE, AND STRESS IN FEMALE BASKETBALLPLAYERS

This investigation examined the relationship of group cohesion to mood disturbance, stress, and athletic performance in a female collegiate basketball team Twenty players from a Division I college basketball we re administered a battery of self-report questionnaires, including the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ), the Profile of Mood Stares (PO MS), and the Social and Athletic Readjustment Rating Scale (SARRS). Si gnificant results were observed in relation to rile Group Integration- Task (GI-T) and Group Integration-Social (GI-S) subscales of the GEQ. Participants perceiving high GI-T were less depressed, less confused a nd showed less total mood disturbance on the POMS. Individuals reporti ng high GI-S experienced less personal, academic, coaching sport, and injury-related stress, and subjects scoring high on GI-T or GI-S subsc ales reported lower levels of total stress as measured by the SARRS.