ABSTRACT
Performance in sport settings is often the result of a practice embedded within task–groups and teams. However, most of what we know today in the area of the emotions–performance relationship comes, basically, from the study of the individual him/herself – rather than the individual within-the-group. Recently, new lines of research in sport and exercise psychology have emerged considering such a social dimension in the study of the emotions–performance relationship. This chapter provides an overview of the main theoretical frameworks that consider the social identity influences of emotions in sport, which can help to fully understand the specificities of group-based emotions. This chapter discusses, more specifically, the application in the field of sport performance of both the social identity approach and intergroup emotions theory. The need to examine identity processes, given their complexity, is particularly raised to gain further knowledge and understanding on the influence of emotions on both individual and team performances.
