Role Satisfaction Mediates the Relation between Role Ambiguity and Social Loafing among Elite Women Handball Players

摘要

The aims of the study were to develop a questionnaire on self-reported social loafing (SRSLQ),and then to examine its relations with role ambiguity and role satisfaction in a sample of 110women handball players competing at the elite level in Norway. Structural equation modelinganalyses indicated that the SRSLQ was a psychometrically sound measure. In line with theexpectations, role satisfaction fully mediated the positive relation between role ambiguity andself-reported social loafing: The more players experienced role ambiguity, the less satisfiedthey were with their role in the team, and the more social loafing they reported.