Negotiating motherhood and athletic identity: A qualitative analysis of Olympic athlete mother representations in media narratives

McGannon, Kerry R.; Gonsalves, Christine A.; Schinke, Robert J.; Busanich, Rebecca

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.04.010

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“…These findings are conversant with, and add to, the recent body of discursive psychological work on fluid identity in sport and exercise (e.g. Locke, 2008;McGannon & Schinke, 2013;McGannon, Gonsalves, Schinke, & Busanich, 2015). The overall enterprise described herein, furthermore, elucidating the facility of DP itself as a methodological tool for further enhancing the understanding of cultural phenomena within sport psychology, aligns closely with the precepts of the recent call from McGannon & Smith (2015).…”

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“…As McGannon and Smith (2015) note, DP is a highly apposite method for addressing concerns relating to identity and culture in sport, and there is indeed a growing body of contemporary psychological literature emerging in this domain (Cosh, Crabb, Kettler, LeCouteur, & Tully, 2015;Locke, 2008;McGannon & Schinke, 2013;McGannon, Gonsalves, Schinke, & Busanich, 2015). As such, and given the above, this paper aims to take some provisional, empirical steps towards a wider analysis of the interpersonal and cultural dimensions of the fandom phenomenon.…”

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Where the action is: Towards a discursive psychology of “authentic” identity in soccer fandom

Miller

Benkwitz

2016

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Miller, Paul K. and Benkwitz, Adam (2016) Where the action is: towards a discursive psychology of "authentic" identity in soccer fandom. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Downloaded from: http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/1825/ Usage of any items from the University of Cumbria's institutional repository 'Insight' must conform to the following fair usage guidelines.Any item and its associated metadata held in the University of Cumbria's institutional repository Insight (unless stated otherwise on the metadata record) may be copied, displayed or performed, and stored in line with the JISC fair dealing guidelines (available here) for educational and not-for-profit activities provided that• the authors, title and full bibliographic details of the item are cited clearly when any part of the work is referred to verbally or in the written form "fans" and mere "spectators." This work is premised on the classical -but problematicsocial-cognitive assumption that identity itself both precedes and (largely) determines the manner in which it is communicated. As such, the core objective of this paper is to take provisional empirical steps towards a formal psychology of "authentic" sporting fandom that does not replicate this troublesome assumption.Design: A Discursive Psychological framework is used to explore how self-identified soccer fans make "robust" cases for the authenticity of their own fan-identities.Method: N=26 unstructured interviews are analysed to highlight the constructive and attributional techniques drawn upon by speakers when making cases, and the culturallyavailable knowledges and contextual reasoning procedures that these make apparent.Results: Three models for legitimating fan-identity are described: (a) longitudinal endurance, (b) logical choice-making and (c) emotional imperative. It is noted how key issues that inform social-cognitive analysis are actually assembled as members' concerns in the service of persuasively accounting for particular claims in situ, and that this can facilitate a stronger understanding of the interrelation between sporting culture and social identity itself.

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Where the action is: Towards a discursive psychology of “authentic” identity in soccer fandom

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Benkwitz

2016

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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“…Women may experience additional social pressures not affecting men, such as negotiating traditional gender roles and motherhood. This could potentially contribute to variations in performance [ 46 ]. However, the almost tenfold difference in participation between the sexes could also be a result of the ITRA points system limiting participation.…”

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Even Pacing Is Associated with Faster Finishing Times in Ultramarathon Distance Trail Running—The “Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc” 2008–2019

Suter

Sousa

Hill

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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In recent years, there has been an increasing number of investigations analyzing the effects of sex, performance level, and age on pacing in various running disciplines. However, little is known about the impact of those factors on pacing strategies in ultramarathon trail running. This study investigated the effects of age, sex, and performance level on pacing in the UTMB® (Ultra-trail du Mont Blanc) and aimed to verify previous findings obtained in the research on other running disciplines and other ultramarathon races. Data from the UTMB® from 2008 to 2019 for 13,829 race results (12,681 men and 1148 women) were analyzed. A general linear model (two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)) was applied to identify a sex, age group, and interaction effect in pace average and pace variation. A univariate model (one-way ANOVA) was used to identify a sex effect for age, pace average, and pace variation for the fastest men and women. In our study, pace average and a steadier pace were positively correlated. Even pacing throughout the UTMB® correlated with faster finishing times. The average pace depended significantly on sex and age group. When considering the top five athletes in each age group, sex and age group also had significant effects on pace variation. The fastest women were older than the fastest men, and the fastest men were faster than the fastest women. Women had a higher pace variation than men. In male competitors, younger age may be advantageous for a successful finish of the UTMB®. Faster male runners seemed to be younger in ultramarathon trail running with large changes in altitude when compared to other distances and terrains.

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“…Scholars within CSP emphasize a constitutive rather than a causal role of cultural and social historicity in people's lives and identities, advocate for opening the privileged intellectual space for marginalised topics and ethics of difference, and facilitate a cultural praxis work of addressing pressing local issues by engaging contemporary theories and research in culturally reflexive ways [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Recently, CSP scholarship branched out to the empirical arena to expand understandings of the specific ways in which cultural discourses and practices are enmeshed with personal meanings and experiences, resulting in affording, shaping and/or limiting athletic talent, psychological skills and career development [7][8][9][10], performance and wellbeing [11][12][13][14], subjectification, identity negotiations, and coach-athlete and peer relationships [15][16][17][18], as well as physical activity and lifestyle sport participation [19,20].…”

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Cultural sport psychology: a critical review of empirical advances

Ryba

2017

Current Opinion in Psychology

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Despite a long standing assertion that sociocultural domain is one of the factors constituting human psychological phenomena, sport psychological science has only recently begun to examine culture as the principal basis of physical activity and sport participants' behaviour, wellbeing, engagement, and performance outcomes. Emphasizing the centrality of culture in bringing meaning to athlete careers and life projects, I summarise empirical literature explicitly positioned within cultural sport psychology (CSP). Specifically, I focus on two areas of psychological inquiry - acculturation and athletic career - in which the CSP theoretical tenets and agenda stimulated emergence of novel research trajectories. I conclude by suggesting directions for future work in CSP.

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Negotiating motherhood and athletic identity: A qualitative analysis of Olympic athlete mother representations in media narratives

Cited by 71 publications

References 35 publications

Where the action is: Towards a discursive psychology of “authentic” identity in soccer fandom

Where the action is: Towards a discursive psychology of “authentic” identity in soccer fandom

Even Pacing Is Associated with Faster Finishing Times in Ultramarathon Distance Trail Running—The “Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc” 2008–2019

Cultural sport psychology: a critical review of empirical advances

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