Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women's soccer teams.

Researchers have identified that sport emotions are interpersonal and can be transferred between a team and its members. However, studies examining the transfer of emotions across different phases of competition are limited. Consequently, the present study examined the cross-sectional, autoregressiv...

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Published in:International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 760 - 781
Main Authors: Rumbold, James L., Oliver, Kelsey-Lee, Madigan, Daniel J., Newman, James A., Hobson, Jennifer A., Higham, Andrew J.
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2026
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          Rumbold, James L.
          Oliver, Kelsey-Lee
          Madigan, Daniel J.
          Newman, James A.
          Hobson, Jennifer A.
          Higham, Andrew J.
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          School of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
          School of Science Technology and Health, York St John University, York, UK
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        Interpersonal relations
        Social groups
        Women's soccer
        Emotional contagion
        Perfectionism (Personality trait)
        Sports psychology
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          Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
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        collective emotions
        ecological momentary assessment
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      ab: Researchers have identified that sport emotions are interpersonal and can be transferred between a team and its members. However, studies examining the transfer of emotions across different phases of competition are limited. Consequently, the present study examined the cross-sectional, autoregressive (stability), and cross-lagged (bidirectional) relationships between collective and group-based emotions over three consecutive soccer matches, whilst controlling for the performance outcome. Competitive female soccer players (N = 47, M = 20.06 years; SD = 1.67) completed a sport emotion questionnaire before and immediately after a match for three consecutive games. Players also completed a perfectionism towards teammates questionnaire one week prior to data collection at soccer matches. Bayesian dynamic structural equation modelling revealed that collective emotions were associated with group-based emotions pre-game, but this was the case only for positive emotions. In addition, perfectionism towards one's teammates was associated with group-based emotions at pre-game assessment. Emotions experienced at pre-game assessment were relatively stable at post-game assessment. Finally, collective emotions at pre-game assessment predicted group-based emotions at post-game assessment. It would appear that while the performance outcome strongly shapes players' group-based emotions following soccer matches, pre-game collective emotions may offer earlier indications of the likely intensity of an individual's group-based emotional response post-game; particularly when those emotions are negative.
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