“When you're coming from the reserve you're not supposed to make it”: Stories of Aboriginal athletes pursuing sport and academic careers in “mainstream” cultural contexts

Blodgett, Amy T.; Schinke, Robert J.

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.03.001

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“…Instead, they present single moments that the participants are fluidly moving in and STORYING THE IMPACT OF DOPING 12 out of, some unravelling even during the interviews (Blodgett & Schinke, 2015). Accordingly, while the events that unfold in the stories are based on participants' accounts, they do not follow in the precise order in which they were told during the data collection.…”

Section: The Storiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Equally, conversational interviews allow both the researcher and the participant to engage in a more participatory mode of knowing (Blodgett & Schinke, 2015). In adopting this approach, storytelling is invited rather than suppressed (Chase, 1995), which is critical since stories provide insights into biographical events unique to peoples' lives (Coffey & Atkinson, 1996).…”

Section: Storying the Impact Of Dopingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In light of the original aims of this study, the high profiles of the participants, and the sensitive nature of the topic, a storytelling approach was chosen, building on an emerging tradition in sport and exercise psychology (e.g., Blodgett & Schinke, 2015;Carless & Sparkes, 2008;Carless, Sparkes, Douglas & Cooke, 2014;Douglas & Carless, 2006Smith & Sparkes, 2009). Specifically, creative non-fiction (CNF) stories was considered the most appropriate way to represent the data on the basis that they can: (1) help protect anonymity, (2) present findings in an engaging, accessible, and understandable form for a wide range of audiences, (3) elicit emotional responses, (4) be useful for exploring taboo, STORYING THE IMPACT OF DOPING 7 silenced, and 'dangerous' issues that are often excluded from research and practice in elite and professional sport, (5) preserve the integrity of participants' words and accounts, (6) facilitate vicarious learning for the readers, (7) provide the possibility of portraying a complexity of lived experience, and (8) minimise interpretation and theorising (Blodgett et al, 2011;Carless & Douglas, 2013;Douglas & Carless, 2006Smith, 2010Smith, , 2013Smith, Tomasone, Latimer-Cheung & Martin Ginis, 2015;Sparkes, 2002a).…”

Section: Data Analysis and Representationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In writing the stories, a mix of experiences and voices from the participants were drawn upon and combined together, forming stories that depict a range of intersecting themes around the personal impact of PED use in sport. As scholars highlight (Blodgett & Schinke, 2015), the stories are not intended to be read as quotes from an individual athlete's experience, but rather, should be considered a synthesised account.…”

Section: Data Analysis and Representationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Direct quotes were maintained from the interview transcripts as much as possible to preserve each of the individuals' spoken words (Blodgett & Schinke, 2015). Following this, the experiences and ideas contained in the narrative skeletons were STORYING THE IMPACT OF DOPING 9 linked together by writing around them so that a full and flowing representation of the combined stories was produced.…”

Section: Creating the Storiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“The ripples are big”: Storying the impact of doping in sport beyond the sanctioned athlete

Erickson

Backhouse

Carless

2016

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Objective: The purpose of this paper was to extend current doping research efforts by shifting the focus away from a doping-user perspective to examine the experiences of elite athletes that have been personally affected by other athletes doping behaviours.Design: This research works within the interpretive paradigm, adopting relativist ontology and transactional/subjectivist epistemology.Method: Conversational interviews were conducted with 'competitive' (N = 2) and 'retired' (N = 2) elite Track and Field athletes from multiple countries. In order to communicate the findings in a way that captures the complexity of the issue, whilst also appealing to the athletes this issue affects, creative non-fiction stories were used to present the findings.Results: Two stories were created; one incorporating the 'competitive' athletes' experiences and one presenting the 'retired' athletes' accounts. The stories detail financial, emotional, and relational implications stemming from others' use of performance enhancing drugs. Critically, the impact is not ephemeral; the retired athletes detailed the long-term implications of their experiences. Meanwhile, the competitive athletes suggest that given the current state of sport, they regularly have to defend their status as 'clean athletes'. Thus, the ripples of doping in sport appear to be far reaching and enduring.Conclusions: Incorporating a novel mode of knowledge production within the doping literature, the stories presented here demonstrate elite athletes' candid accounts of being impacted by others' doping behaviours in sport. This study also emphasises the value of adopting novel and creative approaches to data collection and representation within the field of doping research.

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Section: The Storiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Storying the Impact Of Dopingmentioning

confidence: 99%