Disentangling the Relations between Social Identity and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Competitive Youth Sport

• Published in: Journal of youth and adolescence Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 1113 - 1127
• Main Authors: Bruner, Mark W., Boardley, Ian D., Benson, Alex J., Wilson, Kathleen S., Root, Zachary, Turnnidge, Jennifer, Sutcliffe, Jordan, Côté, Jean
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antisocial Behavior; Antisocial personality disorder; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Child and School Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Cognition; Deviance; Emotions; Empirical Research; Exercise; Extracurricular Activities; Group identity; Health Psychology; History of Psychology; Law and Psychology; Membership; Psychology; Social identity; Sports; Youth; Team identification; Group dynamics; Physical activity; Personal development

The social identities formed through membership on extracurricular activity groups may contribute to the frequency with which youth engage in prosocial and antisocial behavior. However, researchers have yet to disentangle the individual- and group-level processes social identification effects operat...