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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Role Satisfaction Mediates the Relation between Role Ambiguity and Social Loafing among Elite Women Handball Players

Derek M. PetersM. De BackerFilip BoenS. FuglestadRune HøigaardB. De Cuyper

subject

Social loafingmedia_common.quotation_subjectEliteAmbiguityRole perceptionRelation (history of concept)PsychologySocial psychologyApplied PsychologyStructural equation modelingmedia_commonDevelopmental psychology

description

The aims of the study were to develop a questionnaire on self-reported social loafing (SRSLQ), and then to examine its relations with role ambiguity and role satisfaction in a sample of 110 women handball players competing at the elite level in Norway. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that the SRSLQ was a psychometrically sound measure. In line with the expectations, role satisfaction fully mediated the positive relation between role ambiguity and self-reported social loafing: The more players experienced role ambiguity, the less satisfied they were with their role in the team, and the more social loafing they reported.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-11-02Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2010.495326