The Effects of Structured Group Encounters on Junior High School Students in Soccer Clubs

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  • 中学校サッカー部員を対象とした構成的グループ・エンカウンターの効果 : 運動部活動内における成長促進的支援の実践
  • チュウガッコウ サッカー ブイン オ タイショウ ト シタ コウセイテキ グループ エンカウンター ノ コウカ ウンドウブ カツドウ ナイ ニ オケル セイチョウ ソクシンテキ シエン ノ ジッセン

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Structured Group Encounters (SGE) on junior high school students in soccer clubs. Subjects were 29 male junior high school students (Mean age=13.38, SD=0.68) in soccer clubs. They were asked to answer a questionnaire composed of a face sheet and Diagnostic Inventory of Psychological-Competitive Ability for Athletes (Tokunaga and Hashimoto, 2000; Tokunaga, 2001; Tokunaga, 2001) over three trials (pre test, middle test, post test) in 2003. Students were divided into two groups: the training group who participated in the SGE (N=18, Mean age=13.44, SD=0.62) and the control group who did not participate in the SGE (N=11, Mean age=13.27, SD=0.79). Two-way repeated measures ANOVA and Tukey's post-hoc tests were conducted to analyze the main effects of trials and the comparison of the two groups. The results showed significant interactions for "Volition for competition," "Aggressiveness," "Strategic ability" and "Predictive ability," and significant main effects for trials of "Judgment." In the control group, the mean scores for "Volition for competition" and "Aggressiveness" decreased from pre test to post test, and the mean score of "Aggressiveness" decreased from middle test to post test. In the training group, the mean scores for "Strategic ability" and "Judgment" increased from pre test to middle test. The results indicated that the psychological intervention of SGE facilitated the participants' rational decisions and judgment ability and showed buffering effects to maintain competitive motivation through the opportunities of communication, interaction and cooperation among team members. The implication of this research is that the SGE program is an effective psychological intervention when employed as an experimental education method for junior high school soccer club students.

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