Helping athletes cope with minority stress in sport

Lee, Sae-Mi; Lombera, Juan M.; Larsen, Leslie K.

doi:10.1080/21520704.2019.1642271

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“…These instances of prejudice are just a few examples of bias against foreign-born minority players. Many athletes are singled out because of their marginalized identities, which in turn causes their performance and mental health to suffer (Lee et al, 2019). Latino players have been continuously described as hot-blooded and thus prone to tantrums; this pseudo-scientific ideation demeans players of Latin American descent as naturally unadjusted to MLB, whereas their style of play was simply not incorporated into MLB norms (Burgos, 2007, p. 194; Regalado, 1998, p. 136).…”

Section: History In Baseball Relations Between the United States And ...mentioning

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Let the Kids Play: Latino Players, Differing Play Styles and Racial Stigma in Major League Baseball

Mitchel

Cohen

2023

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Major League Baseball's (MLB) unwritten rules and unspoken norms communicate the continuing role that white American cultural values have within the sport. Coded into the past and present, foreign-born players, especially those from Latin America, confront these norms as they arrive to MLB with a distinctly Caribbean tíguere style of play. MLB seeks to overcome these differences by promoting its young Latino superstars through the marketing campaign Let the Kids Play. However, all actors, from The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball to current players, must increase their cultural competency and uproot their essentialist viewpoints to understand that these players are not trying to show up their opponent, but are instead adhering to the style of play they themselves learned and know best.

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Section: History In Baseball Relations Between the United States And ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Let the Kids Play: Latino Players, Differing Play Styles and Racial Stigma in Major League Baseball

Mitchel

Cohen

2023

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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“…These positive interactions may extend to an environment of enhanced peer support (Middlemas & Harwood, 2018) or even a sense of family or camaraderie among the team (Bean et al, 2020;Newton et al, 2007;Strachan et al, 2011). In addition to peer support, supportive coaches and management may contribute to perceptions of psychological safety among the team (Bean et al, 2018a;Lee et al, 2019;Spink et al, 2013), and this may be through the development of rapport with the athletes (Didymus & Backhouse, 2020;Kamm, 2008;Newton et al, 2007). Finally, organisational support from coaches on both a professional and personal level may help instil a sense of psychological safety within the organisation (Graham & Dixon, 2017).…”

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“…The absence of anxiety (Brady, 2005;Henriksen et al, 2009;Rotheram et al, 2016), fear (Rasmussen & Ostergaard, 2016), and excessive stress (Harwood, 2009) are key components of a psychologically safe environment in sport. More generally, psychological safety may be characterised by an emotional sense of safety and security (Darcy et al, 2017;Didymus & Backhouse, 2020;Fraser-Thomas et al, 2005;Lee et al, 2019;Newton et al, 2007;Strachan et al, 2011). The positive emotional status of participants may be encouraged by a focus on the emotional and psychological well-being (Bean et al, 2018b;Blynova et al, 2020) of athletes.…”

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“…Further, several studies discussed psychological safety as a predictor to performance-related outcomes. Indeed, specific outcomes discussed in the literature include increased team effectiveness (e.g., Webster et al, 2017), team performance (e.g., Lee et al, 2019), team cohesion (e.g., Smittick et al, 2019), teamwork (Fransen et al, 2020, and team commitment (Spink et al, 2013).…”

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Psychological safety in sport: a systematic review and concept analysis

Sutcliffe

Mayland

Schweickle

et al. 2022

International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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There has been a rapid proliferation of empirical research on the relationship between sport participation and mental health. As a result of this movement, there has been an increased focus on the constructs that can predict or explain mental health outcomes in sport.Psychological safety in sport is among the constructs surfaced in the movement. Despite this, there is a considerable lack of conceptual clarity regarding how to define psychological safety and how it can be fostered in sport. As such, the aim of this study was to provide conceptual clarity of the term psychological safety in the context of sport. To achieve this aim, we first systematically searched for all currently available studies that have discussed psychological safety in a sport context. Then, a concept analysis approach was applied wherein the definitions, attributes, antecedents, and consequences were thematically analysed across 67 studies. As a result of this synthesis, psychological safety in sport was conceptualised as a continuous, group level construct that is perceived (and reported) at an individual level. We also provide a descriptive model of psychological safety in sport that we hope lends clarity and debate to the field moving forward.

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“…Russell and Fish (2016) also note protective factors, such as community connectedness, disclosure of sexual orientation, and affirming spaces, that may mitigate the harms of stigma and discrimination. While it is clear that stigma and discrimination in social settings leads to low self-esteem and negative mental health outcomes among LGBTQ + youth, there is a paucity of evidence of these relationships in youth sports (Lee et al, 2019). Minority stress models may provide an explanatory framework for understanding the impact that sport settings may have on LGBTQ + youth.…”

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Policing Gender and Sexuality in High School Sports: The Mediating Impact of Hearing Anti-LGBTQ + Language on High School Athletes’ Self-Esteem Across Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Race

Wernick,

Tice-Brown,

Kluch

et al. 2023

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Participation in sport is often assumed to promote the healthy development of youth. However, research suggests that gender and sexuality policing in sports negatively impacts the self-esteem of LGBTQ + youth. Using moderated mediation analyses, findings suggest that hyper-surveillance and policing of sexual and gender norms, specifically masculinity, through the use of anti-LGBTQ + language in sport not only marginalizes LGBTQ + individuals, but can harm all youth. Among straight cisgender youth, the conditional direct effect of playing sports on self-esteem was positive for only girls, across race, indicating a positive moderated mediation for girls. The positive effect of playing sports on self-esteem had a comparatively lower effect for white boys, when mediated by the frequency of hearing anti-LGBTQ + language. Implications are discussed.

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Helping athletes cope with minority stress in sport

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Let the Kids Play: Latino Players, Differing Play Styles and Racial Stigma in Major League Baseball

Let the Kids Play: Latino Players, Differing Play Styles and Racial Stigma in Major League Baseball

Psychological safety in sport: a systematic review and concept analysis

Policing Gender and Sexuality in High School Sports: The Mediating Impact of Hearing Anti-LGBTQ + Language on High School Athletes’ Self-Esteem Across Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Race

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