Applying in life the skills learned in sport: A grounded theory

Kendellen, Kelsey; Camiré, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.09.002

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“…Perhaps the most interesting finding was the overlap between the categories of coping strategies highlighted in the present study and those found in previous research on how sport performers cope with sport and organisational stressors (Kristiansen & Roberts, 2010;Nicholls & Polman, 2007). Although only Participant 3 explicitly reported employing the psychological skills learned in sport as performance enhancing strategies to deal with her MHI (e.g., focus and cognitive strategies), both the present data and previous studies (Gould & Carson, 2008;Kendellen & Camiré, 2019) suggest the possibility of a skills-based transfer from sport to daily life. There is a significant body of literature supporting the importance of psychological skills as precursors of sporting excellence.…”

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“…A logical focus of psychological support in sport would, therefore, be on the development of a broad range of psychological skills, supporting both athletes' ability to monitor their own well-being and their ability to deploy those skills to deal with challenges from both within (e.g., injury, deselection) and outside (e.g., MHIs) of their sporting lives (Collins, MacNamara & Cruickshank, 2018). Although such interventions may not prevent the development of MHIs, nor explicitly and solely enable athletes to self-address such issues, increased knowledge about MHIs and mental skills may promote skills transfer by increasing athletes' understanding on how skills learned in a sporting context can be transformed and applied to respond to the demands encountered in other contexts (e.g., opportunities, needs, or benefits of life skills transfer; Kendellen & Camiré, 2019). In addition, this type of intervention may also provide athletes with sufficient awareness and tools to monitor, early detect, and fight against developing MHIs.…”

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Elite Athletes Coping With Depression: A Qualitative Study

Lebrun

MacNamara

Collins

et al. 2019

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

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Little is known about the coping strategies used by elite athletes suffering from mental health issues. Therefore, this study examined coping strategies implemented by elite athletes facing clinical depression. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four elite athletes and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Results present a broad picture of how elite athletes tried to cope with depression using a range of coping strategies. Among the different strategies highlighted, talking, seeking professional help and social support were particularly emphasized by the participants. Surprisingly, however, only one participant reported transferring the skills and strategies learned on her way to the top to many other aspects of her everyday life such as coping with her depression. Findings, therefore, suggest that athletes should be encouraged to transfer and make the most of the skills learned throughout their sport career to deal with their daily life. Future research perspectives and implications are discussed.

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Elite Athletes Coping With Depression: A Qualitative Study

Lebrun

MacNamara

Collins

et al. 2019

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

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“…For example, young athletes need to learn to deal with fatigue, anxiety, defeat, boring routines, conflicts, inferiority, and deselection, as these are regular psychological challenges in sports and exercise ( Sarkar and Fletcher, 2014 ). Successful individual or collective coping with these challenges strengthens the psychological skills young athletes can transfer into other areas of life ( Kendellen and Camiré, 2019 ). Overall, SEP has provided a wealth of evidence to consider sport and exercise as potentially socializing contexts and activities (e.g., Ronkainen et al, 2020 ).…”

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The Knowledge Map of Sport and Exercise Psychology: An Integrative Perspective

Latinjak

Hatzigeorgiadis

2021

Front. Psychol.

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The present work contains a personal perspective on what sport and exercise psychology (SEP) is today. It is a global synthesis of research about psychological aspects related to the context and practice of sport and exercise. The intended impact was to positively influence teaching SEP to students, to promote interdisciplinary research and practice, and to assist the development of SEP as an applied science by helping experts develop a more holistic view of the field. Over 650 theoretical and review articles about psychological concepts in connection to sport and exercise were read in the process of creating a conceptual model that reflects the essence of SEP and leads to a conceptualization of SEP based on research topics. The result was a knowledge map of SEP made up of four main research clusters: biopsychological descriptors, external variables, psychological skills, and applied SEP practice. In terms of interdisciplinarity, the present perspective on SEP suggests that sport and exercise can be used as a research paradigm or natural laboratory to study psychological aspects relevant to various scientific fields, and that sport and exercise can be used as a therapeutic framework in response to challenges that researchers and practitioners in these fields are typically addressing.

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“…Meanwhile, some researchers have used surveys to collect data about PS and PA over periods of six months or a year prior to their studies (Nowak et al, 2010;Simpson, 2011), and other specific questionnaires (dealing with issues such as competitive sport and motivation for participation) have been created to collect data on specific topics related to PS and PA over a person's lifetime (Gavin et al, 2014;Sikka et al, 2015;Sorenson et al, 2015). Finally, there are a wide range of interviews designed to collect data on individuals' history with sports (Kendellen & Camiré, 2019;Puig et al, 1996;Shih, et al, 2016). However, our search did not yield any questionnaires that brought together data on the physical activity performed during a person's entire life cycle.…”

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Sport and physical activity across the lifespan: “Sports Trajectory Questionnaire”

Batalla¹,

Moragas²

2021

Aloma

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Activity and participation in sport have garnered a great deal of attention over the past few decades, due in part to growing awareness of the benefits they offer that lead to a better quality of life. This situation has opened up new lines of investigation in the sport sciences field, including the study of physical activity and sport participation according to the perspective of Lifespan Developmental Psychology, the approach that underlies this study. The aim of this research is (1) to design an instrument to collect information on individuals’ lifelong relationships with sport and physical activity (2) to implement the instrument through a pilot test to create profiles that can be compared with other variables, all in order to study the role that physical activity and sport participation play in a range of aspects throughout the lifespan. The results indicate the questionnaire was effective and capable of collecting data on the physical and sport activities of the members of the sample at different moments in the lifespan. It was also able to generate profiles that can be used to analyze the variables of participation in sport and/or physical activity in conjunction with other variable, thus offering a way to measure the impact of physical activity on human development. Keywords: Sports trajectories; lifespan; physical activity questionnaire; physical activity profiles

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Applying in life the skills learned in sport: A grounded theory

Cited by 44 publications

References 24 publications

Elite Athletes Coping With Depression: A Qualitative Study

Elite Athletes Coping With Depression: A Qualitative Study

The Knowledge Map of Sport and Exercise Psychology: An Integrative Perspective

Sport and physical activity across the lifespan: “Sports Trajectory Questionnaire”

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