In an effort to increase perceptions of cohesion among intercollegiate soccer players, a team-based mindfulness meditation program was undertaken. This team-building program was delivered by using a personal-disclosure mutual-sharing approach. A total of 31 female intercollegiate soccer players from two teams participated. Assigned to the intervention condition was a Canadian intercollegiate team (U Sports), while the control condition was an American intercollegiate team (NCAA, Division II). The participants completed a measure of cohesion (Group Environment Questionnaire) pre- and postintervention. Controlling for the preintervention scores, the 8-week team-based mindfulness meditation program resulted in significantly higher perceptions of social cohesion for the intervention group compared with the control group at postintervention. However, there were no significant differences in task cohesion between the intervention and control groups at postintervention. Using personal disclosure, mutual sharing seems a viable approach by which to deliver a team-based mindfulness meditation program to enhance a team’s social cohesion.

为了增加大学生之间足球运动员的凝聚力，我们开展了基于团队的正念冥想计划。此团队建设计划是通过使用个人公开信息互通方法来实施的。来自两支球队的31名女大学生足球运动员参加了比赛。分配给干预条件的是加拿大校际团队（U Sports），而控制条件是美国的校际团队（NCAA，II区）。参与者在干预前和干预后完成了对内聚性的评估（小组环境问卷）。控制干预前的分数，基于团队的8周正念冥想计划与干预后的对照组相比，干预组对社交凝聚力的认知明显提高。然而，干预后干预组与对照组之间的任务凝聚力无显着差异。使用个人披露，相互共享似乎是一种可行的方法，通过该方法可以提供基于团队的正念冥想计划，以增强团队的社会凝聚力。