scholarly journals Acting Accordingly or Authentically:

10.29173/mm10 ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 26-42
Author(s):  
Lydia Sokol
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Gold Medal ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
Empirical Material

The purpose of this study was to investigate how holistic sport psychology consultants can begin to think with concepts from sport sociology to enhance the provision of their services to athletes. More specifically, this study explored the ways in which various dominant practices within sport can affect holistic sport psychologists’ efforts to help athletes act authentically. Empirical material included observations of athletes and coaches, who were all part of the Gold Medal Soccer Academy, along with a series of interviews with four athletes. The results indicated the importance of holistic sport psychology consultants taking into consideration a variety of social influences that can limit and restrict athletes’ opportunities to develop their authentic selves through their sport participation.

scholarly journals Fastest on the Playground: Four Generations of Female Sport Experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Family Research ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
Generational Transmission ◽  
Poetic Transcription ◽  
Sport And Exercise

The life sport experiences of four generations of females were explored through narrative family research and presented through research poetry. Their stories powerfully represent the transformation of sport and exercise culture across seven decades of overlapping life experiences and demonstrate the generational transmission of value for, expectation of, and experiences with sport. A poem representing each girl/woman’s story was crafted by the author, through the process of poetic transcription, and is presented alongside a photo illustrating each individual’s experiences. The generational experiences and implications of the findings are discussed within the broader sport psychology and sport sociology literature.

scholarly journals Motivation Differences between Youth Single-Sport, Multi-Sport, and Single-Sport Specialized Athletes in the Western United States

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Kyle L. Crouch ◽  
Abigail Larson ◽  
Mark DeBeliso
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Intrinsic And Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
8Th Grade

The motivation for youth sport involvement may differ for single-sport (non-specialists), multi-sport, and single-sport specialized athletes. To investigate differences between adolescent single-sport athletes (NSSA), multi-sport athletes (MSA), and single-sport specialized athletes (SSSA) on measures of sport enjoyment and motivation. A secondary aim was to compare these variables between age groups. Adolescent sport participants in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade from the Western United States (n=306, age=13.0±1.0 yrs) completing the Sources of Enjoyment in Youth Sport Questionnaire (SEYSQ) that assesses sport enjoyment in the subscales of self-referenced competency (SRC), other-referenced competency and recognition (ORCR), effort expenditure (EE), competitive excitement (CE), affiliation with peers (AP), and positive parental involvement (PPI). The participants also reported their age, gender, grade, years of sport participation and sport status (NSSA, MSA, SSSA). SSSA reported significantly more enjoyment in all subscales except PPI when compared to NSSA (p<0.05; ES 0.4 – 0.99). MSA and SSSA showed significant differences in the subscales of SRC and EE; however, effect size was small (0.37 and 0.33, respectively). Overall scores for intrinsic and extrinsic motivation were significantly lower among NSSA compared to MSA and SSSA (p<0.01) with no differences between MSA and SSSA (p>0.05). Results revealed no significant differences in the SEYSQ’s subscales for age (p>0.05). Within the parameters of this study, adolescents that specialize in a single sport or those who compete in multiple sport both rely on intrinsic and extrinsic sources of enjoyment for motivation in very similar ways; whereas adolescent NSSA are less motivated and experience less enjoyment from sport participation compared to MSA and SSSA. Keywords: adolescent, enjoyment, SEYSQ, motivation, sport psychology

Spirituality & Sport: Consulting the Christian Athlete

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Mosley ◽  
Desiree’ J. Frierson ◽  
Yihan Cheng ◽  
Mark W. Aoyagi
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Practical Relevance ◽  
Performance Psychology ◽  
Christian Worldview ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
Practical Implications

The real world practice of sport and performance psychology will inevitably present the practitioner with performers for whom spirituality is the supreme motivator (Balague, 1999). Spirituality and sport, despite its practical relevance, is an underdeveloped and sometimes misunderstood combination (Nesti, 2007). The aim of this study was to reveal the individual experiences of athletes as they integrate spirituality and their sport participation. Five high level athletes (1 female, 4 male), each holding a Christian worldview were interviewed. A strategically designed interview guide illuminated several key themes, which Watson and Nesti (2005) suggested, would contribute much to the existing literature. Out of these themes, practical implications have been considered for the delivery of sport and performance psychology services to Christian athletes. Evidenced by this study, is the reality that some Christian athletes present a unique perspective through which appropriately tailored sport psychology services can readily precipitate personal excellence in sport and life.

Using Solution-Focused Brief Counseling to Provide Injury Support

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Gutkind
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Athletic Trainers ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Brief Counseling ◽  
Solution Focused

Athletes at all levels of competition run the risk of becoming injured through their sport participation, and individuals who work closely with athletes during the rehabilitation process (e.g., coaches, athletic trainers, sport psychology consultants) may be called upon to provide mental and emotional support. One approach that seems well suited as a theoretical framework for injury support is solution-focused brief counseling (SFBC). In this paper, athletes’ responses to injury are outlined, and several roles of the consultant are identified. Then the basic tenets of SFBC are discussed, and an example showing how SFBC can be used in an injury support setting is provided.

We Walk the Line: An Analysis of the Problems and Possibilities of Work at the Sport Psychology-Sport Sociology Nexus

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted M. Butryn ◽  
Nicole M. LaVoi ◽  
Kerri J. Kauer ◽  
Tamar Z. Semerjian ◽  
Jennifer J. Waldron
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Physical Cultural Studies

Over the past decade, a growing number of scholars in sport psychology and sport sociology have begun forging inter- and transdiciplinary research lines that attempt to follow Ingham, Blissmer, and Wells Davidson’s (1998) call for a coming together of the sport sociological and sport psychological imaginations. This paper presents the results of a thematic analysis of the stories of five early-to midcareer academics who have lived at/through the boundaries of these two sub disciplines of Kinesiology. Following an introduction in which we attempt to situate the two subdisciplines within the larger field of Kinesiology, we present a thematic analysis of the five individual stories, and attempt to tie them to the politicized boundaries and related spaces of tensions faced by those wishing to do the kind of interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary work advocated recently by the emerging areas of cultural sport psychology (CSP) and physical cultural studies (PCS).

scholarly journals The role of health literacy in parents’ decision making in children’s sporting participation

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Velardo ◽  
Sam Elliot ◽  
Shaun Filiault ◽  
Murray Drummond
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Public Health Goal ◽  
Competitive Model

The contemporary concept of health literacy has received heightened attention within the academic community over the last decade. Health literacy, which is related to the acquisition, understanding and application of health-related information (Jordan, Buchbinder and Osborne 2010), has been acknowledged as a key public health goal within Australia. Health literacy is particularly important where parents and children are concerned, as parents play a key role in recommending or discouraging activities that may impact on children’s physical health, such as sport. A health literacy approach may reshape parental motivations towards the holistic outcomes of sporting engagement, thereby promoting a healthier approach to sport participation. This is fundamental, given the current orientation towards a competitive sports model of participation within Australia, even for those participating at an amateur level. At present, improving social awareness of the physical health benefits of junior sport participation is a major challenge for communities, as parents are motivated by a combination of factors. Sport sociology literature suggests that social health is the primary beneficiary and motivator of junior sport participation, which encompasses the formation and development of friendships and communication skills. For parents, another key motivational factor for junior sport participation is the importance placed on winning. However, the fundamental benefits of junior sport involvement extend beyond the competitively oriented goals that are often enforced by parents. Consequently, there is a concern that parents who lack a holistic understanding of the physiological, biomechanical and social benefits of junior sport may impact on sport discontinuation. This paper will provide discussion around the importance of taking a health literacy approach towards junior sporting participation rather than the competitive model that currently dominates sport in Australian culture. It will highlight the health and broader social benefits of taking such an approach.

The Expendable Prolympic Self: Going beyond the Boundaries of the Sociology and Psychology of Sport

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan G. Ingham ◽  
Bryan J. Blissmer ◽  
Kristen Wells Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social History ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
Ego Defenses ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
The Common

This article offers a proposal for combining the sport sociological and sport psychological imaginations. In order to effect this rapprochement, some serious adjustments to the ways in which many applied sport psychologists and sport sociologists think about and conduct research are required. Thus, the initial part of this article expresses some critiques, albeit brief, of current tendencies within both sport sociology and sport psychology. We deemed these critiques necessary to advance a neo-Millsian position on the articulation of social structure and personality. This neo-Millsian position draws on the ego-psychoanalytical tradition to offer suggestions for how we might reconceive the problems of indispensability/expendability in the Prolympic structures of sport and for how we might, using a life-histories (biographical) methodology, engage in useful or practical research, especially on the problematics of how individuals handle/mishandle early, pre-career, and mid-career failure, and, in the long-run, inevitable failure at the end of their careers. Where, then, is the common ground between sport sociology and sport psychology? We argue that it is the analysis of ego-practices and ego-defenses as learned, consciously or unconsciously, over our biographical lives as they intersect with, and are contoured by, social history and social structure.

MOTIVATION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN ENHANCING EXERCISE ACTIVITIES : A REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi P. Pandey ◽  
Purnima Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Gold Medal ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Sport Activities

Motivation is the base of all kinds of activities associated with any game. Without a sportsman's desire and determination to progress his/her performances, all other psychological factors such as confidence, strength, focus, and emotions are worthless. Empirical literature of health management indicates that in sport activities, motivational factors are essential when attempts to sustain standards are made by sportsmen. As a result, knowledge towards sustainment of a sportsman's motivation turns into more and more investigation in sport, in the form of both involvement and competition. The usually held view is that motivation is either 'good' (intrinsic) or 'bad' (extrinsic). Though, this understanding is limited and promotes a mistaken understanding of extrinsic motivation and its unstable influences on sports participation. Intrinsic motivation is associated with the natural fun and enjoyment related with sport participation. For example, some athletes naturally enjoy running fast or striking the ball 'sweetly'. In contrast, amotivation is a lack of or decrease in motivation. In between these two opposing forms of motivation is extrinsic motivation, which is generally related with the achievement of some goal, such as winning an Olympic Gold Medal. Thus, it becomes important to come across and understand these intrinsic and extrinsic motivation factors that affect players' sports activities. The present review focuses on studies related motivational factors that may be implicated in management of health and wellbeing and gaining positive outcomes in terms of enhancing the quality of sports activity among players.

scholarly journals Promoting Physical Activity Through Youth Sports Programs: It’s Social

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin K. Howie ◽  
Bryce T. Daniels ◽  
Justin M. Guagliano
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Youth Sports ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Youth Sport Participation

Youth sport is a key physical activity opportunity for children and adolescents. Several factors influence youth sport participation, including social factors, but this has not to date been clearly delineated. This study is a scoping review to survey the literature on the influence of family and peers on youth sports participation. The review identified 111 articles of which the majority were cross-sectional, included boys and girls, and were conducted primarily in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The articles were grouped into 8 research themes: (1) reasons for participation, (2) social norms, (3) achievement goal theory, 4) family structure, (5) sports participation by family members, (6) parental support and barriers, (7) value of friendship, and (8) influence of teammates. Friendships were key to both initiation and maintenance of participation, parents facilitated participation, and children with more active parents were more likely to participate in sport. Less is known on how family structure, sibling participation, extended family, and other theoretical frameworks may influence youth sport. The review suggests that social influences are important factors for ensuring participation, maximizing the quality of the experience, and capitalizing on the benefits of youth sport. Future research studies, programs, and policies promoting and developing evidence-based youth sporting experiences should consider social influences on youth sport participation.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Sport Concussion: Clinical Best Practices for Assessment and Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda Mainwaring ◽  
Max Trenerry
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Special Series ◽  
Sport Concussion ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
Current Special Issue ◽  
Concussion Education

This current special issue of the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology was conceived and developed to provide a resource for clinicians who have contact with athletes who are at risk for or have sustained a concussion during sport participation. The special issue is part of an exciting two-issue series. This first installment contains papers from leaders in the field of sport concussion who review the frequency and mechanisms of concussion, models for managing concussion, the emotional aspects of concussion in sport, practical examples from a model sport concussion clinic, and the importance of sport concussion education and prevention. As Guest Editors, we hope that this timely and unique special series will be used by clinicians who help care for athletes and their families who have experienced concussion in their sport life.

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