TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding immigrated professional athletes' support networks during post-relocation adaptation through media data
AU - Battochio, Randy C.
AU - Schinke, Robert J.
AU - McGannon, Kerry R.
AU - Tenenbaum, Gershon
AU - Yukelson, David
AU - Crowder, Troy
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - A directed content analysis (Hsieh & Shannon, 2005) of media data concerning immigrated Major League Baseball (n = 56) and National Hockey League (n = 56) players was done to explore post-relocation stressors and adaptation. Fiske's (2004) adaptation pathways of understanding, control, belonging, and trust guided the analysis. The understanding sub-strategies were language advice, language models, and integration advice; control sub-strategies were language reinforcement and integration reinforcement; belonging sub-strategies were shared cultural background and cultural appreciation from one's sport team; and trusting sub-strategies were inclusive reputation of the team and of immigrated veterans. These results extend understandings of adaptation and cultural sport psychology into the realm of immigrant professional athletes relocated to North America. Furthermore, the authors provide suggestions for applied sport psychologists who work with a diversity of immigrated clients.
AB - A directed content analysis (Hsieh & Shannon, 2005) of media data concerning immigrated Major League Baseball (n = 56) and National Hockey League (n = 56) players was done to explore post-relocation stressors and adaptation. Fiske's (2004) adaptation pathways of understanding, control, belonging, and trust guided the analysis. The understanding sub-strategies were language advice, language models, and integration advice; control sub-strategies were language reinforcement and integration reinforcement; belonging sub-strategies were shared cultural background and cultural appreciation from one's sport team; and trusting sub-strategies were inclusive reputation of the team and of immigrated veterans. These results extend understandings of adaptation and cultural sport psychology into the realm of immigrant professional athletes relocated to North America. Furthermore, the authors provide suggestions for applied sport psychologists who work with a diversity of immigrated clients.
KW - adaptation
KW - professional athletes
KW - support networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874474522&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1612197X.2013.748996
DO - 10.1080/1612197X.2013.748996
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AN - SCOPUS:84874474522
SN - 1612-197X
VL - 11
SP - 101
EP - 116
JO - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
IS - 1
ER -