Parental Involvement in Elite Junior Slalom Canoeing

Knight, Camilla J.; Little, Guy C. D.; Harwood, Chris; Goodger, Kate

doi:10.1080/10413200.2015.1111273

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“…Although studies on sport-parenting largely emerge from a sport psychology perspective (for instance, Dorsch, Smith, & McDonough, 2009;Keegan et al, 2010;Knight, Little, Harwood, & Goodger, 2016;Lauer et al, 2010), more diverse sociological approaches have been adopted recently and made important contributions to the literature (Burgess, Knight, & Mellalieu, 2016;Elliott & Drummond, 2015b;Stefansen, Smette, & Strandbu, 2016). Elliott & Drummond (2015a) argue that sociological approaches toward understanding sport parenting issues is particularly valuable because it progresses research beyond a focus on what parents do.…”

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The experience of parent-coaches in youth sport: A qualitative case study from Australia

Elliott

Drummond²

2017

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There has been increasing academic interest in understanding the nature of parental involvement in youth sport. Much scholarly focus has illuminated both positive and negative forms of sport parenting from the perspectives of coaches, parents and youth participants. One less understood aspect, however, surrounds the potentially conflicting role of parents who coach their own children in youth sport. This is surprising given that many parents demonstrate support by fulfilling essential roles such as team manager and team coach (Jeffery-Tosoni, Fraser-Thomas, & Baker, 2015). This paper draws on rich, descriptive qualitative data from 16 parent/coaches to highlight the contemporary experiences of parent/coaches who coach their own child. Three themes were identified including deliberate criticism, limited recognition, and behaviour justification, illustrating how parent/coaches intentionally demonstrate differential behaviour toward their child in contrast to the rest of the team. Examples of this include demonstrating deliberate criticism at training and matches and overlooking their child in awarding weekly encouragement awards after each match. Significantly, parent/coaches justify these behaviours in attempting to fulfil the dual role of parent and team coach to the best of their ability. Through the lens of social constructionism, we argue that this is not only problematic for parent and child relationships, but it may also have a reinforcing influence on how other parent/coaches negotiate the dual role. We argue that the reproduction of these behaviours can potentially preserve problematic aspects of parental involvement in youth sport, offering a unique perspective to the sport-parenting literature.

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The experience of parent-coaches in youth sport: A qualitative case study from Australia

Elliott

Drummond²

2017

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“…Beyond parenting styles, it is evident that children's perceptions of, and preferences for, different types of parental involvement may depend upon time and location (Knight, Boden, & Holt, 2010;Knight, Little, Harwood, & Goodger, 2016;Knight, Neely, & Holt, 2011). For instance, focus groups with Canadian adolescent tennis players indicated that they want their parents to be supportive without being pressuring at competitions and suggested ways parents can do this (i.e., not providing tactical advice, helping with physical preparation encouraging both teams, respecting sporting etiquette, and providing honest but positive feedback after games; Knight et al, 2010).…”

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“…For instance, focus groups with Canadian adolescent tennis players indicated that they want their parents to be supportive without being pressuring at competitions and suggested ways parents can do this (i.e., not providing tactical advice, helping with physical preparation encouraging both teams, respecting sporting etiquette, and providing honest but positive feedback after games; Knight et al, 2010). However, athletes have also indicated that the types of behaviors that are supportive from parents will vary depending upon the context (e.g., home, training, and competitions; Knight, Little et al, 2016) and timing (e.g., before, during, or after competitions; Knight et al, 2011), as well as athletes' goals for sport and that competition , the outcome of the game (Knight et al, 2010(Knight et al, , 2011, and parent expertise (Knight, Dorsch et al, 2016).…”

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Revealing Findings in Youth Sport Parenting Research

Knight¹

2019

Kinesiology Review

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It is widely accepted that parents are a pivotal part of young people’s sporting journey, and over the last 4 decades there has been a substantial growth in research pertaining to youth sport parenting. The aim of this paper is to review the status of the literature pertaining to parenting in youth sport and suggest areas for future work. Specifically, the author provides a very brief history of sport parenting research before turning attention to the 3 areas of study that are currently attracting the majority of researchers’ attention: the influence of parental involvement in youth sport, factors affecting parental involvement in youth sport, and strategies to promote high-quality parental involvement. Future research directions pertaining to the sport parenting questions that are asked, the populations that are sampled, and the interventions that are developed and evaluated are subsequently provided. Finally, the paper concludes with some considerations for best practice in sport clubs and organizations that seek to foster more adaptive youth sport parenting.

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“…To date, no research has examined the relationship between parent conditional regard and athletes' perfectionism. However, in the sports parenting literature, controlling parenting styles have been shown to be problematic for young athletes' motivation and well-being (e.g., Holt, Tamminen, Black, Madigo, & Fox, 2009;Juntumaa, Keskivaara, & Punamaki, 2005;Knight, Little, Harwood, & Goodger, 2016). Likewise, several studies on perfectionism development in sport are equally suggestive.…”

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Parent conditional regard and the development of perfectionism in adolescent athletes: The mediating role of competence contingent self-worth

Curran¹

2018

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Despite evidence highlighting the debilitating nature of perfectionism in sport, very few studies have examined how it develops. In explaining the development of perfectionism, theorists emphasize controlling parental practices in family contexts replete with conditional regard. This study, then, tested the role of parent conditional regard in the development of perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns among adolescent athletes. It also tested the mediating role of competence contingent self-worth in these associations. One hundred and forty eight (Mage = 15.12 years, SD = 1.64) adolescent athletes competing at regional level or above in their primary sport completed measures of multidimensional perfectionism, competence contingent self-worth, and parent conditional regard. In line with hypotheses, structural equation modelling showed that perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns were positively predicted by parental conditional regard. As expected, competence contingent self-worth mediated both relationships. The findings are the first to suggest conditional regard from parents is important in the development of perfectionism among adolescent athletes because these behaviours contribute to contingencies of self-worth that are based on competence.

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Parental Involvement in Elite Junior Slalom Canoeing

Cited by 35 publications

References 28 publications

The experience of parent-coaches in youth sport: A qualitative case study from Australia

The experience of parent-coaches in youth sport: A qualitative case study from Australia

Revealing Findings in Youth Sport Parenting Research

Parent conditional regard and the development of perfectionism in adolescent athletes: The mediating role of competence contingent self-worth

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