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Recent developments in team resilience research in elite sport
Paul Bc Morgan1, David Fletcher2, Mustafa Sarkar3
1Centre for Human Performance, Exercise and Wellbeing, Buckinghamshire New University, UK.
Current Opinion in Psychology
|August 17, 2017
Summary
This review explores team resilience in elite sports, highlighting the need to understand how groups use collective resources to overcome challenges for peak performance. It bridges individual psychology to group dynamics in sport.
Area of Science:
- Sport Psychology
- Group Dynamics
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Individual resilience is well-researched, but team resilience lacks conceptual and operational clarity.
- Elite sport performance is increasingly linked to group-level psychological factors.
- Existing research primarily focuses on individual psychological resilience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review recent developments in team resilience research within elite sport.
- To explore the conceptual and operational robustness of team resilience as a construct.
- To synthesize findings from general psychology and initial elite sport studies on team resilience.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of team resilience in general psychology.
- Analysis of the first empirical studies on team resilience in elite sport.
- Discussion of definitional aspects and research findings.
Main Results:
- Team resilience is an emerging but crucial area in sport psychology.
- Understanding how teams mobilize collective psychosocial resources is key to performance.
- There is a growing body of evidence supporting the importance of group-level resilience.
Conclusions:
- Team resilience research is essential for optimizing performance in elite sports.
- Further investigation is needed to solidify the theoretical and practical applications of team resilience.
- Mobilizing collective resources is vital for teams facing adversity.
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