Practical considerations for self-disclosure in applied sport psychology

Way, William; Vosloo, Justine

doi:10.1080/21520704.2015.1123207

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“…The lead author moderated the forum accordance existing guidance (e.g., O'Grady et al, 2010) by initiating posts and reading and responding to posts where appropriate within 24 hours and inviting further discussion from the group. As selfdisclosure has been suggested as an effective strategy to encourage disclosure in others in sport psychology settings the lead author shared their own recent experiences of injury in the forum, drawing on the guidelines of Way and Vosloo (2016).…”

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A Case Study Investigation Into a Group Online Sport Psychology Support Intervention for Injured Athletes

Heaney

Kentzer

2023

Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Sport psychology support can have a positive impact on sport injury rehabilitation; however, there appear to be barriers to injured athletes accessing such support (e.g., financial and geographical constraints). Online delivery has been suggested as a method to address some of these barriers. This case study therefore sought to explore whether an online sport psychology support hub was an effective method of sport injury psychology support. Sixteen injured athletes (seven male and nine female) participated in a 6-week sport psychology intervention where they were given access to an online hub moderated by a sport psychologist, in which sport psychology support was provided through social support (online forum), written emotional disclosure (diary), and psychological skills development (education resources). The impact of the hub was measured through analysis of the forum posts, diary entries, and responses to an evaluation questionnaire. While engagement with the hub was not as high as anticipated, the athletes reported several positive benefits from using the hub and rated its overall impact highly, demonstrating the potential of online delivery.

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A Case Study Investigation Into a Group Online Sport Psychology Support Intervention for Injured Athletes

Heaney

Kentzer

2023

Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology

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“…The extant sport psychology literature (see Table 1) reveals more frequent (compared with unavoidable, accidental, inappropriate, client-initiated) instances of deliberate selfdisclosures in the context of sport psychology practice. Therefore, it could be that deliberate self-disclosure is pre-dominantly used by sport psychology consultants as a means of inviting athlete self-disclosure as an entry point to the opening-up and relationship-building process (Way & Vosloo, 2016), and in creating facilitative conditions underpinning effective practice (Katz & Hemmings, 2009;Sharp, Hodge & Danish, 2015;Windsor, Barker & McCarthy, 2011). Adopting this point-of-view, however, poses some interesting paradoxes of practice.…”

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Self-disclosure within the sport psychologist-athlete relationship

Bellows¹,

Tufton

Hemmings

2019

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This article explores the use of self-disclosure within the sport psychologist-athlete relationship. A summary of prior research relevant to concept definition, contextual factors, and typologies of self-disclosure is provided. The conscious use of self-disclosure as an effective consultancy skill, alongside both the organic and facilitative integration of self-disclosure is discussed. We then position self-disclosure within the dynamics and boundaries of a unique practitioner context, that of the sport psychologist-athlete relationship, using Katz and Hemmings’ (2009) professional relationship framework. This article proposes that future research into self-disclosure explores its integration within published models of best practice for consulting.

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Deconstructing sport and performance psychology consultant: Expert, person, performer, and self-regulator

Poczwardowski

2017

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Practical considerations for self-disclosure in applied sport psychology

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

A Case Study Investigation Into a Group Online Sport Psychology Support Intervention for Injured Athletes

A Case Study Investigation Into a Group Online Sport Psychology Support Intervention for Injured Athletes

Self-disclosure within the sport psychologist-athlete relationship

Deconstructing sport and performance psychology consultant: Expert, person, performer, and self-regulator

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