TEAM COMPETITION, SUCCESS, AND THE ADJUSTMENT OF GROUP MEMBERS.

Abstract

Sixty three-man teams comprised of 180 ROTC students participated in a Recreational Rifle Tournament. Six teams in each of five leagues engaged in a face-to-face, 25-bout, round robin. Thirty other teams fired not against the performance of other teams but for qualification against standards. The first two weeks in the five-week study were devoted to practice firing. Adjustment of each man to his group was measured by a five-item scale and by scores of esteem for teammates on semantic differential scales. Multiple choice questions yielded scores of extrapunitive, intrapunitive, and impunitive modes of response. These measures were taken at every firing session. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0680203

Entities

People

  • Albert E. Myers

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Competition
  • Perception
  • Psychological Adaptation
  • Qualifications
  • Standards

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • STEM Education