Collegiate Dance Teams: A model for cohesion, performance, satisfaction, and decreased burnout
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Kobylas, Rebecca
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2025-04-03
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The purpose of this study is to examine literature regarding team dynamics to create an
intervention plan aimed at increasing team cohesion, team performance, and team
satisfaction/viability, while reducing individual athlete burnout. The intervention is being
implemented with a collegiate dance team.
Collegiate dance is a team sport that relies on the cohesion of individual technical skills.
Specifically in competition, dance teams are often judged on aspects of uniformity. Due to the
emphasis on uniformity and the task interdependence that exists in the sport, cohesion becomes
especially important in collegiate dance. Team cohesion has been shown to be a predictor for
improved perceived performance, team satisfaction, and team viability (Tekleab et. al, 2009).
The Resonance Performance Model created by Doug Newburg involves four steps to
improve team performance. These steps include identifying how you want to feel, preparation,
planning for obstacles, and revisiting the way you want to feel. Prior studies have shown that
when implemented with teams, the Resonance Performance Model is associated with increased
cohesion (Collins & Durand-Bush, 2010). This study implements an intervention plan that was
developed based on principles of the Resonance Performance Model and tailored to the needs of
collegiate dancers.
Participants were recruited from the Alma College Dance Team for voluntary
participation. They were then randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. The
experimental group will receive biweekly writing prompts as an intervention. All participants
will complete surveys measuring perceptions of overall team performance, team cohesion, team
satisfaction, team viability, and athlete burnout at baseline, midpoint, and completion of the
study. The study component examines the perceptions of the intervention, and its impact on team
cohesion, satisfaction, and performance, as well as individual athlete burnout.
As the Resonance Performance Model is associated with increased team cohesion when
implemented at a team level, it is expected similar results will occur when implemented at an
individual level. As team cohesion has also been shown to be related to improved performance,
satisfaction, and viability, it is expected the experimental group will experience significant
improvements in the dependent measures.