Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
Volume 29, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 270-284

Adjusting to the Receiving Country Outside the Sport Environment: A Composite Vignette of Canadian Immigrant Amateur Elite Athlete Acculturation (Article)

Schinke R.J.* , Blodgett A.T. , McGannon K.R. , Ge Y. , Oghene O. , Seanor M.
  • a Laurentian University, Canada
  • b Laurentian University, Canada
  • c Laurentian University, Canada
  • d Laurentian University, Canada
  • e Laurentian University, Canada
  • f Laurentian University, Canada

Abstract

This qualitative project is focused on the challenges that newcomer athletes revealed when they considered their earliest encounters with a receiving culture during general daily life. Conversational interviews with 24 national and international amateur newcomer athletes were subjected to interpretive thematic analysis and developed into a composite vignette. This vignette unearths three themes revealing hope (theme: opportunities abound); uncertainty and fear (theme: weighing the risks for the journey ahead); and anger, humiliation, and hardening (theme: public stonings). Understanding the fluidities within the vignette will permit practitioners to explore the uncertainties of acculturation and find entry points to support athlete acculturation. © 2017, Copyright © Association for Applied Sport Psychology.

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Index Keywords

athlete immigrant anger thematic analysis physician vignette cultural factor Fear interview uncertainty human human experiment sport
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994157880&doi=10.1080%2f10413200.2016.1243593&partnerID=40&md5=4beb33dafabef21b81fbb28413367204
DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2016.1243593
ISSN: 10413200
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English