.g., Ivanova, Jensen, Cassoff, Gu, & Knäuper, 2015 ; Lillis & Bond, 2019 ; Tapper et al., 2009 ), an in-depth investigation of the role of this construct and its constituent processes is an important endeavor. The aim of this study was to investigate, through a qualitative methodology, the relevance and the
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The Role of Psychological Flexibility in Physical Activity Maintenance
Matthew Jenkins, Elaine A. Hargreaves, and Ken Hodge
“I Kinda Feel Like Wonder Woman”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Pole Fitness and Positive Body Image
Ariel J. Dimler, Kimberley McFadden, and Tara-Leigh F. McHugh
facets of positive body image that have been identified in recent qualitative research ( Wood-Barcalow et al., 2010 ). As suggested by Avalos et al. ( 2005 ), researchers should consider the use of qualitative research designs to support the examination of positive body image, as such research can
Perceived Barriers and Facilitators of Sports Rehabilitation Adherence in Injured Volleyball Athletes: A Qualitative Study From Greece
Eleftherios Paraskevopoulos, Georgios Gioftsos, Georgios Georgoudis, and Maria Papandreou
qualitative studies have explored factors related to ERA in injured athletes. In the first study, Levy, Polman, Nicholls, and Marchant ( 2009 ) found that motivation, confidence, coping, SS, and pain were important themes that emerged from their semistructured interviews in recreational athletes (RA) with
The Provision and Experience of Variety in Physical Activity Settings: A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies
Narelle Eather, Emily McLachlan, Benjamin Sylvester, Mark Beauchamp, Colin Sanctuary, and David Lubans
following criteria: a. Study mentions “variety” and provides a quantitative or qualitative assessment of either the provision or experience of variety. b. Study provided a quantitative or qualitative assessment of at least one other correlate/outcome in addition to provision or experience of variety (e
Qualitative Descriptors of Exercise in Older Women
Joanne Kraenzle Schneider
The self-regulation of exercise maintenance model was used to study the episode-specific interpretations of exercise of older women immediately after an exercise episode. Seventeen women, mean age 69.7 ± 4.9 years, were recruited to represent a variety of exercise patterns. A semistructured episode-specific interview was administered after an exercise episode. The questions asked related to physiological/somatic and cognitive/emotional sensations associated with exercise and the social/environmental context of the exercise experience. Data analysis revealed five themes—somatic sensations, affirmations, connectedness, explanations, and reflections—each of which contained distinct categories. The proposed self-regulation of exercise maintenance model was clarified to better represent the data grounded in the women’s descriptions. The women’s qualitative descriptors will be used to develop a quantitative instrument to measure older women’s interpretations of exercise. Future research should involve testing the self-regulation of exercise maintenance model and examining interventions that affect episode-specific interpretations and thereby exercise maintenance.
New Writing Practices in Qualitative Research
Laurel Richardson
New writing practices in qualitative research include evocative writing—a research practice through which we can investigate how we construct the world, ourselves, and others, and how standard objectifying practices of social science unnecessarily limit us and social science. Evocative representations do not take writing for granted but offer multiple ways of thinking about a topic, reaching diverse audiences, and nurturing the writer. They also offer an opportunity for rethinking criteria used to judge research and reconsidering institutional practices and their effects on community. Language is a constitutive force, creating a particular view of reality and the Self. No textual staging is ever innocent (including this one). Styles of writing are neither fixed nor neutral but reflect the historically shifting domination of particular schools or paradigms. Social scientific writing, like all other forms of writing, is a sociohistorical construction, and, therefore, mutable.
A Qualitative Examination of Online Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Observational Preferences Within Physical Education
Ken Murfay, Sarah Pyszczynski, and Heather Erwin
qualitative research on the topic ( Murfay, Beighle, Erwin, Aiello, & Pyszczynski, 2022 ). The few studies that had results related to observational learning that performed a qualitative analysis had a broad scope that encompassed many different factors that can influence PA engagement but did not
How Do Sport Parents Engage in Autonomy-Supportive Parenting in the Family Home Setting? A Theoretically Informed Qualitative Analysis
Nicholas L. Holt, Helene Jørgensen, and Colin J. Deal
children’s sport, but remained able to support their children’s autonomy by fostering independence. In Holt et al.’s ( 2009 ) qualitative study with 56 Canadian parents and 34 of their early adolescent-aged daughters, 32 parents from 18 families were coded as using an autonomy-supportive parenting style
Relegated to the Sidelines: A Qualitative Inquiry of Gatekeepers’ Perspectives and Values of Physical Education for Disabled Children
Scott W.T. McNamara, Patrica Craig, Megan Henly, and Jill Gravink
gatekeepers’ perceptions of the importance of PE and APE? b. How do special education gatekeepers conceptualize the role of PE and APE for disabled students’ educational experience? Methods Research Design We conducted a qualitative inquiry grounded in a critical-ableism perspective and interpretivist lens to
My Ambitionz az a Qualitative Ridah1: A 2PAC Analysis of the Black Male Baller in Amerikkka2
C. Keith Harrison, Rhema Fuller, Whitney Griffin, Scott Bukstein, Danielle McArdle, and Steven Barnhart
critiques of current paradigms as well as methods for social change ( Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995 ). Thus, this unique study recruited a naturalistic and interpretive qualitative research design to translate 2PAC’s lyrical content as a prism to view the nonbinary realities of the black male athlete
