Coesão no Esporte Infantil: Validação da Adaptação Transcultural do Questionário de Coesão no Esporte Infantil para o Português do Brasil

Abstract

In the 1950s, group cohesion was defined as a force field that maintains individuals in their groups. In the 1980s, cohesion was identified as the components commitment of a group to its objectives. Currently, in the sports context, cohesion is perceived as a dynamic process that is reflected in the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united. The literature is consistent to appoint a correlation of athlete satisfaction, good interaction between teammates and continue participation desire in youngers athletes with cohesion. From the foregoing and the lack of studies supporting the importance of cohesion in youth sports practice in Brazil this study aimed to validated the Child Sport Cohesion Questionnaire cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese. The sample consisted of 140 both sexes children s with an average age of 10,59 years old (SD =1,07). All them collective sport practices and belong to their team for at least three months. The instruments used were: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Child Sport Cohesion Questionnaire (Brazilian Portuguese version) and Validation Questionnaire. The analyses was made by Descriptive Analyses, Spearman Correlation, Cronbach s alpha, Exploratory Factor Analyses and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. Results shows that the cross-cultural adaptation of the Child Sport Cohesion Questionnaire to Brazilian Portuguese was successful achieved with a bifactor model where there is a general factor Cohesion and two underlying factors Social and Task Cohesion. As it s so, this questionnaire can contribute to the promotion of more pleasant and healthy environments that focus on Brazilian s child development process through sports