Cultural sport psychology research: conceptions, evolutions, and forecasts

Blodgett, Amy T.; Schinke, Robert J.; McGannon, Kerry R.; Fisher, Leslee A.

doi:10.1080/1750984x.2014.942345

Cited by 86 publications

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“…Alternative explanations can be proposed for this finding, but here we focus on socio-cultural contexts as a boundary condition. Culture help shape individuals’ time perspective and regulatory focus (e.g., Kurman and Hui, 2011; Sircova et al, 2014), and attitudes and behaviors related to eating and physical exercise (Blodgett et al, 2015; Higgs and Thomas, 2016). We expected that the mediation role of promotion orientation on the association between consideration of future consequences and health outcomes proposed by Joireman et al (2012) would be culturally invariant; an expectation overall supported by the results.…”

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Does Promotion Orientation Help Explain Why Future-Orientated People Exercise and Eat Healthy?

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A study with United States undergraduate students showed individuals high in concern with future consequences engage in exercise and healthy eating because they adopt a promotion orientation, which represents the extent to which individuals are inclined to pursue positive gains. The present article reports a cross-cultural replication of the mediation findings with undergraduate samples from Brazil and New Zealand. Promotion orientation mediated the association between concern with future consequences and exercise attitudes in both countries, but the associations for healthy eating were not replicated—which could be explained by distinct obesity prevalence and eating habits in these socio-cultural contexts. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of the findings for promoting health behavior.

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Does Promotion Orientation Help Explain Why Future-Orientated People Exercise and Eat Healthy?

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“…It would be a worthwhile to research how such cultural differences moderate mental training preferences, practice, and outcomes. Cross-cultural perspectives in sports psychology has been still considered a new line of research focused on a contextualized approach towards humans and their (Blodgett et al 2015). Moreover, within the cross-cultural approach, there is little research focused on Central and Eastern European populations with the majority of studies focused on other race or ethnic issues reflecting cultural identity.…”

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The Sport Mental Training Questionnaire: Development and Validation

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Research in sports psychology has revealed that mental training is essential in the development of successful athletes. This project, comprised of five studies (a total of N = 2015) resulted in a novel approach towards the measurement of mental skills in sport. In Study 1 (N = 797) and Study 2 (N = 405) we used principal component analysis to identify and confirm the structure of a wide range of identified sport mental skills. Study 3 (N = 429) and Study 5 (N = 330) confirmed factorial structure of Polish and English versions. Study 4 documented how both versions of the scale were developed, and how these two versions converge supporting their cross-cultural validity. The final version contains 20 items grouped into 5 subscales (foundational skills, performance skills, interpersonal skills, self-talk and mental imagery). The Sport Mental Training Questionnaire is a reliable and valid brief questionnaire that will facilitate psychological evaluation of mental preparation among athletes.

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“…Also, much of the literature on MT in sport emanates from developed, Westernized, and predominantly individualistic sociocultural contexts [36], a pattern that was mirrored in the studies included in this review. Acknowledging cultural distinctions in the self-identities, perceptual lenses, and personal meanings of athletes [57,58], the manner in which MT is conceived and applied may differ in more collectivistic, culturally diverse, and less affluent settings. Therefore, the findings from this review may not be fully generalizable to various sporting contexts and cultural orientations.…”

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