The social environment in sport: selected topics

The purpose of the present article is to provide a summary of recent developments for select constructs that reflect the social environment of groups and have the potential to add to our knowledge relating to group processes in sport – cohesion, groupness, social identity, roles, conflict, and cliques. For each construct, we provide (1) a general overview of the current state of knowledge, (2) a summary of recent research developments, and (3) suggestions for future endeavors. It is our hope that this review will afford researchers suggestions for future work that will result in the advancement of group-related research in sport.