Social identity, group memberships, and performance in sport

Citation

Rees T, Haslam SA, Salvatore J, Coffee P, Green J & Peters K (2014) Social identity, group memberships, and performance in sport. European Association of Social Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 09.07.2014-12.07.2014. http://www.easp2014.com/program

Abstract
Although insights from the social identity approach have been largely ignored by the sport psychology literature, across a series of studies we have demonstrated the power of identity processes and group membership in driving performance and persistence in sporting tasks.