| dc.description.abstract | The purpose o f the present study was to investigate the effect o f group goal difficulty and
group goal commitment on group performance. In addition, it was also to investigate two
mediating processes, effort and cooperation, using Weldon and Weingart’s (1993) model o f group
goals and group performance in the sport and motor domain. Twenty-four groups o f three people
each performed a 2-minute triangle basketball passing task. The groups were randomly assigned
to two different goal conditions: easy goals or hard goals. The design was a 2 (goal conditions) x
2 (pre/posttest) mixed factorial with repeated measures on the last factor. Performance results
indicated a significant goal condition by test interaction effect. The post hoc analysis showed that
the hard goal groups exhibited significantly more improvement than the easy goal groups. No
significant differences were found for goal commitment, effort, or cooperation. Results are
discussed in terms of Weldon and Weingart’s model and Locke and Latham’s goal setting theory
as well as some recent research about goal setting in sport setting. | |
