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- Title
The Adaptation to the Mainstream in Elite Sport: A Canadian Aboriginal Perspective.
- Authors
Schinke, Robert J.; Michel, Ginette; Gauthier, Alain P.; Pickard, Patricia; Danielson, Richard; Peltier, Duke; Pheasant, Chris; Enosse, Lawrence; Peltier, Mark
- Abstract
Cultural sport psychology (CSP) is a recent attempt by researchers to better understand respondents from marginalized cultures. CSP research provides useful suggestions of how to work effectively with unique populations for coaches and sport science practitioners. This paper addresses the struggles and adaptation strategies of 23 (16 male, 7 female) elite Aboriginal Canadian athletes. National and international level athletes elicited from seven sport disciplines and three Canadian provinces were interviewed with a semistructured protocol. Indications are that Aboriginal Canadian athletes engage in two higher order types of adaptation: (a) self-adaptation and (b) adapted environment. The study was developed, analyzed, and coauthored with an Aboriginal community appointed research team. Implications, such as the use of ongoing reflective practice, are proposed for aspiring CSP sport researchers and practitioners.
- Subjects
CANADA; INDIGENOUS peoples; SPORTS psychology; ADAPTABILITY (Psychology) -- Social aspects; NATIVE American athletes; SOCIOLOGY of sports
- Publication
Sport Psychologist, 2006, Vol 20, Issue 4, p435
- ISSN
0888-4781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/tsp.20.4.435