Network Centrality, Group Density, and Strength of Social Identification in College Club Sport Teams
Network Centrality, Group Density, and Strength of Social Identification in College Club Sport Teams
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DOI：
10.1037/gdn0000106
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
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3.1
通讯作者：
Evans, M. Blair
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作者：
Graupensperger, Scott;Panza, Michael;Evans, M. Blair
基于社会认同与心理健康和幸福感相关的基本原理，我们旨在了解大学俱乐部运动队中的社会联系和群体结构如何与学生的社会认同感相关。我们从35个完整的同性大学俱乐部运动队中抽取了852名学生运动员。使用从队友彼此联系的报告中得出的社交网络分析（即，在运动之外花费的时间，和队友友谊），我们计算：出度中心性（即，自我报告的与队友的联系），深度中心性（即，其他人的提名），以及组级密度。采用多水平模型检验了外向中心性、内向中心性和群体水平团队密度对运动员社会认同强度的相对影响。运动员的外向中心性、内向中心性和团队密度与运动队社会认同强度均呈正相关。逐步检查模型结果，社会关系的提名（即，与社会认同的影响超出了自我报告的outdegree中心。此外，团队水平的密度显着相关的社会认同后，占中心性的个人水平的影响。体育是一个参与者可以与同龄人建立社会联系的领域，体育团体为社会认同提供了一个突出的来源。目前的研究结果表明，运动员与队友有更多的社会联系，可能会形成更强的社会认同感。除了理论贡献的社会身份的方法来研究小团体，目前的研究突出了使用社会网络方法研究小团体的效用。
With the underlying rationale that social identification is related to psychological health and well-being, we aimed to understand how social connections and group structure within college club sport teams relate to students' perceptions of social identification. We sampled 852 student-athletes from 35 intact same-sex college club sport teams. Using social network analyses derived from teammates' reports of connections with one another (i.e., time spent outside of sport, and teammate friendships), we computed: outdegree centrality (i.e., self-reported connections with teammates), indegree centrality (i.e., nominations from others), and group-level density. Multilevel models were fit to test the relative effects of outdegree centrality, indegree centrality, and group-level team density on athletes' social identification strength. Outdegree centrality, indegree centrality, and team density were all positively related to the strength of athletes' social identification with their sport team. Examining model results step by step, incoming nominations of social connections (i.e., indegree) were associated with social identification beyond the effects of self-reported outdegree centrality. Furthermore, team-level density was significantly related to social identification after accounting for the individual-level effects of centrality. Sport is a domain in which participants can build social connections with peers, and sport groups offer a salient source for social identification. The current findings indicate that athletes who have greater social connections with teammates may form a stronger sense of social identification. Alongside theoretical contributions to a social identity approach to studying small groups, the current study highlights the utility of studying small groups using social network methodologies.