Mechanistic or relational worldview for talent identification research in sport science? Both—but with a preference!

Autor: Bryan Charbonnet, Achim Conzelmann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal for Person-Oriented Research, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2002-0244
2003-0177
DOI: 10.17505/jpor.2023.25813
Popis: 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. Al-though 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.
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