Kollektiv kollaps i ett handbollslag på elitnivå: en studie med fokus på emotionell smitta
(2008)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Collective collapse occurs when a majority of players in a team suddenly perform below expected level in a match of great, often decisive, importance in spite of a normal or good start of the match or when a team underperforms right from the start of the match. The aim of this study is to investigate collective collapse, focusing on emotional contagion. The study is a qualitative study based on semistructured interviews with nine handball players in an elite team. The results show six factors presented as themes. These are Preparations, The coach and leadership, Emotional contagion, Communication, Role Acceptance and Incongurence. This study contributes to the understanding of how emotional contagion influences the players before and... (More)
- Collective collapse occurs when a majority of players in a team suddenly perform below expected level in a match of great, often decisive, importance in spite of a normal or good start of the match or when a team underperforms right from the start of the match. The aim of this study is to investigate collective collapse, focusing on emotional contagion. The study is a qualitative study based on semistructured interviews with nine handball players in an elite team. The results show six factors presented as themes. These are Preparations, The coach and leadership, Emotional contagion, Communication, Role Acceptance and Incongurence. This study contributes to the understanding of how emotional contagion influences the players before and during a collective collapse. (Less)
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- author
- Palmqvist, Henric and Svensson, Susanne
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Socialpsykologi, Social psychology, elite handball, Collective collapse, emotional contagion
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1317492
- date added to LUP
- 2008-02-14 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2009-11-17 12:59:23
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abstract = {{Collective collapse occurs when a majority of players in a team suddenly perform below expected level in a match of great, often decisive, importance in spite of a normal or good start of the match or when a team underperforms right from the start of the match. The aim of this study is to investigate collective collapse, focusing on emotional contagion. The study is a qualitative study based on semistructured interviews with nine handball players in an elite team. The results show six factors presented as themes. These are Preparations, The coach and leadership, Emotional contagion, Communication, Role Acceptance and Incongurence. This study contributes to the understanding of how emotional contagion influences the players before and during a collective collapse.}},
author = {{Palmqvist, Henric and Svensson, Susanne}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kollektiv kollaps i ett handbollslag på elitnivå: en studie med fokus på emotionell smitta}},
year = {{2008}},
}