Humor styles as a predictor of satisfaction within sport teams
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Philip Sullivan
Philip Sullivan is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Brock Univeristy. He has researched and published extensively in group dynamics in sport, including team cohesion, collective efficacy and intra-team communication patterns.
Abstract
Recent research has suggested that humor styles of individuals may be a significant issue within group functioning (e.g., Grisaffe et al. 2003; Priest and Swain 2002). The current study focused on humor styles as a predictor of athletes' satisfaction of their experiences in team sports. One hundred and forty-eight team sport athletes completed modified versions of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and the Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ). The results of multiple linear regression models revealed that positive humor style was the sole significant predictor for athlete satisfaction with respect to both team task contributions and team integration. These results showed that humor styles may be a significant, if minor, constructive element within sport, as they are in other team contexts.
About the author
Philip Sullivan is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Brock Univeristy. He has researched and published extensively in group dynamics in sport, including team cohesion, collective efficacy and intra-team communication patterns.
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- Masthead
- Strategies of verbal irony in visual satire: Reading The New Yorker's “Politics of Fear” cover
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- The impact of disparaging humor content on the funniness of political jokes
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