Features of collective emotions in sports teams: a theoretical overview of the issues

Relevance The article is devoted to the study of ideas about the group emotions of a sports team as a small group. Achieving group-wide goals becomes more difficult within the framework of intra-group interaction due to the need for equal inclusion of all team members in this process. In the process of teamwork, there is an increase in emotions and experiences, which affects the effectiveness of work.

The aim of the study is to determine the influence of collective emotions on team spirit in playing sports.

Methods and organization of research. It is known that the collective emotions shared by the group members can be both positive (pride for their country, joy for the success of their team) and negative (fear, anger). It is noteworthy that collective experiences are necessary and important for the team, as they enhance the effectiveness of interaction between its members. Collective emotions in the form of festive experiences, the experiences of fans at sports, ethnic, religious and patriotic, aesthetic, and jealous character for non-permanent groups.

The analysis of scientific data on this problem has revealed that the study of the mechanisms and causes of group emotions is focused on the analysis of predominantly negative group emotions, or on the study of collective emotions in groups of a non-permanent nature of interaction. It should be noted that group activity is stressful, especially in the field of team sports. Many researchers in the field of sports psychology emphasize the existence of additional stressors in the field of team sports, coupled with the need for constant interaction with other people to achieve a common goal. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the study of such a phenomenon as group coping. 

Conclusions. Thus, an important role is played by a detailed study of group coping in overcoming stress by a team, its importance in the process of expressing group emotions, the mechanisms of its occurrence and management are interesting in order to increase the level of psychological fitness of modern team sports athletes.

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