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- Title
Mechanistic or Relational Worldview for Talent Identification Research in Sport Science? Both--But With a Preference!
- Authors
Charbonnet, Bryan; Conzelmann, Achim
- Abstract
This paper situates talent identification research in sport science within the broader context of developmental science, offering a conceptual framework informed by two (meta-)theoretical worldviews: the Cartesian-split-mechanistic and processual-relational worldviews. Although these worldviews are not explicitly named in the field of talent identification research, we demonstrate their implicit adoption through theoretical and methodological discourse. After comparing applications, benefits, and limitations of each worldview, we briefly discuss whether their bodies of knowledge are incompatible, competitive, or complementary. We suggest each worldview provides complementary insights with a penchant for generating nomothetic and group-specific and type-specific and idiographic knowledge, respectively.
- Subjects
SPORTS sciences; TALENT development; KNOWLEDGE management; PREDICTION models; METHODOLOGY
- Publication
Journal for Person-Oriented Research, 2023, Vol 9, Issue 2, p51
- ISSN
2002-0244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17505/jpor.2023.25813