Mamta Sharma and Vibhuti Sayal
Punjabi University, Patiala
Pages:19-29
Collective collapse in sports teams refers to a sudden and shared decline in performance,
particularly during moments of significant importance. The present study aimed to
examine the relationship between psychological safety, ego resilience and collective
efficacy in adolescent sports teams experiencing collective collapse and to propose
an integrative intervention framework using technology to prevent team collapse and
enhance synergetic performance. A correlational–conceptual hybrid design was
employed with 100 athletes from various inter-college sports teams. Standardized
measures were used to assess psychological safety, ego resilience, collective efficacy
and synergy in teams. The findings revealed that athletes in sports teams that had
experience collective collapse previously shower lower levels of psychological safety,
ego resilience and collective efficacy, along with deteriorating coordination and
performance. The correlation and regression analyses further revealed strong
associations between these key psychological variables and synergetic team
functioning, with these three key constructs emerging as strong predictors of synergy.
Therefore, based on these findings, the present study aims to propose an integrative
intervention framework that relies on the use of technology to assess, monitor and
enhance the key psychological constructs that support optimal performance in sports
teamsindividual. Nursing is an important career that requires sound mental health. Nursing
students frequently have mental health issues. Their state of mental health has an
immediate impact on their studies and everyday lives, as well as on their performance
as nurses in the future healthcare professionals. An imbalance in their mental health
may occur due to various factors such as academic difficulties pertaining to test anxiety,
and low cognitive styles. The current study was carried out to examine the influence of
cognitive styles and test anxiety on mental health among nursing students. 290 nursing
students from different colleges in Kozhikode district of Kerala were selected through
stratified random sampling. Data were collected with the help of Test Anxiety Inventory
by Komathi; Personal Style Inventory (PSI) by Taggart; and Positive Mental Health
Scale by Vaigankar et al. Results showed that test anxiety was negatively associated
with mental health, and cognitive styles were positively associated with mental health
among nursing students. Students were also significantly differed in their demographic
categories. Structural equation modelling depicted that mental health of the nursing
students was significantly predicted by their cognitive styles and test anxiety.