This paper presents GAME-ON (Group Analysis of Multimodal Expression of cohesiON), a multimodal dataset specifically designed for studying group cohesion and for explicitly controlling its variation over time. Cohesion is here addressed according to the Severt and Estrada's theoretical multidimensional integrative framework. More specifically, GAME-ON focuses on the social and task dimensions of the instrumental function of cohesion. The dataset consists of over 11 hours of synchronized multimodal recordings (audio, video, and motion capture data) of 17 small groups (3 persons) playing a social game, i.e., an escape game. The game consists of several tasks designed to manipulate the variation of cohesion over time. GAME-ON includes annotations consisting of self-assessment of cohesion and other constructs such as emotions, leadership, and warmth and competence. A first statistical analysis of these annotations shows that we successfully manipulated all the relative variations of cohesion (between tasks) over time. This holds for all tasks except for one where we observed a significant variation of cohesion in the opposite direction than expected. The dataset will be publicly available for research purposes. The motivation of our work is to provide the scientific community with an asset for studying cohesion and other group phenomena.

GAME-ON: A Multimodal Dataset for Cohesion and Group Analysis

This project seeks to examine the relationship between cohesion and collective efficacy in Tunisian sport’s team. A total of 463 athletes (313 males, M age= 17,3, SD = 2.09 and 150 females, M age = 19.15, SD = 3.32) were recruited from 18 Tunisian amateur sport team. This sample complete the Tunisian version of GAG (group environment questionnaire, Heuze et Fontayne, 2002) and a collective efficacy measure validate for this study which is the second objective of this research: the validity of a Tunisian (classical Arabic) translation of the Collective Efficacy Questionnaire in Sports (CEQS). Confirmatory factor, internal consistency and correlation analysis among subscales were performed. The statistical analyses undertaken provide the psychometric character of the Tunisian CEQS (α = 0.92).This study also revealed a positive and significantly relationship between the dimensions of cohesion and collective efficacy. However, subsequent multiple regression analyses indicated that collective efficacy is more related to task cohesion than social cohesion. More than, Tunisian Players who perceived a higher level of task cohesion also tended to report higher collective efficacy judgments

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Exploring the Relationship between Cohesion and Collective Efficacy in Tunisian Sports Teams: Validation of the Tunisian Version of the Collective Efficacy Questionnaire for Collective Sports

Validation transculturelle d’une mesure de cohésion au sein d’une population tunisienne. « Questionnaire d’ambiance de groupe (Heuzé et Fontayne, 2002) »

N. Kridis

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Validation transculturelle d’une mesure de cohésion au sein d’une population tunisienne. « Questionnaire d’ambiance de groupe (Heuzé et Fontayne, 2002) »