The organisational stressors encountered by athletes with a disability

Autor: Lauren Steadman, Yasmin Pratt, Christopher R. D. Wagstaff, Rachel Arnold
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Adolescent
Applied psychology
Organizational culture
Physical Therapy
Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Athletic Performance
Environment
Sports for Persons with Disabilities
Personnel Management
050105 experimental psychology
Grounded theory
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Interpersonal relationship
0302 clinical medicine
Paralympic
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
elite
biology
Athletes
Communication
05 social sciences
Stressor
demand
030229 sport sciences
biology.organism_classification
Organizational Culture
embargoover12
Sport psychology
Leadership
disability
Human resource management
Female
Psychology
uploaded-in-3-months-elsewhere
Social psychology
Stress
Psychological

organisational stressors
performance
Sports and Exercise Sciences
Zdroj: Arnold, R, Wagstaff, C R D, Steadman, L & Pratt, Y 2017, ' The organisational stressors encountered by athletes with a disability ', Journal of Sports Sciences, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 1187-1196 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2016.1214285
Arnold, R, Wagstaff, C R D, Steadman, L & Pratt, Y 2017, ' The organizational stressors encountered by athletes with a disability ', Journal of Sports Sciences, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 1187-1196 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2016.1214285
ISSN: 1466-447X
0264-0414
Popis: Organizational stressors have been found to be prevalent and problematic for sport performers, with research identifying demographic differences in the stressors encountered. Nevertheless, extant sport psychology research on the topic of stress has generally focused on able-bodied athletes; whilst that which has been conducted on performers with a disability has typically recruited relatively small samples to explore a narrow selection of organizational stressors, or examined other components of the stress process. The purpose of the present study was to explore the various organizational stressors that athletes with a disability encounter. The sample comprised 18 elite athletes with a disability (ten male, eight female) who had a classified disability and experience of competing at a major championships in their sport (e.g., Paralympic Games, World Championships). Participants took part in a semi-structured interview which was analyzed by drawing from grounded theory procedures. A total of 316 organizational stressors were identified, which were abstracted into 31 concepts and four, previously conceptualised, exploratory schemes: leadership and personnel issues, cultural and team issues, logistical and environmental issues, and performance and personal issues. This study not only provides the first illustration of the prevalence of organizational stressors for athletes with a disability, but also significantly points to salient similarities and distinct differences between the stress experiences of performers with and without a disability.
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