Embodied Experiences of Empowerment Among Female Tackle Football Players

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Liechty ◽  
Fleesha Willfong ◽  
Katherine Sveinson
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Tackle Football

The purpose of this study was to explore the embodied nature of empowerment among women who play tackle football. Data collection involved semistructured interviews with 15 female football players in Western Canada. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analyzed thematically. Three themes emerged from the data suggesting that playing football was empowering as women experienced: a) feelings of strength related to the physicality of the game; b) a sense of breaking boundaries as they participated despite challenges; and c) a sense of belonging to the team which led to positive outcomes such as increased confidence and selfacceptance. The findings of this study highlight the embodied nature of empowerment that comes through participation in sport and characteristics of contact team sport that can facilitate empowerment for women.

Brain trauma exposure for American tackle football players 5 to 9 and 9 to 14 years of age

2021 ◽  
pp. 110689
Author(s):  
J. Cournoyer ◽  
C. Karton ◽  
D. Koncan ◽  
M.D. Gilchrist ◽  
R.C. Cantu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trauma Exposure ◽  
Brain Trauma ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Tackle Football

scholarly journals Baseline profiles of auditory, vestibular, and visual functions in youth tackle football players

Concussion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. CNC66
Author(s):  
Travis White-Schwoch ◽  
Jennifer Krizman ◽  
Kristi McCracken ◽  
Jamie K Burgess ◽  
Elaine C Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoring System ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Frequency Following Response ◽  
Youth Athletes ◽  
Concussion Management ◽  
Tackle Football ◽  
Balance Error Scoring System ◽  
Balance Error

Aim: Neurosensory tests have emerged as components of sport-related concussion management. Limited normative data are available in healthy, nonconcussed youth athletes. Patients & methods/results: In 2017 and 2018, we tested 108 youth tackle football players immediately before their seasons on the frequency-following response, Balance Error Scoring System, and King-Devick test. We compared results with published data in older and/or and nonathlete populations. Performance on all tests improved with age. Frequency-following response and Balance Error Scoring System results aligned with socioeconomic status. Performance was not correlated across neurosensory domains. Conclusion: Baseline neurosensory functions in seven 14-year-old male tackle football players are consistent with previously published data. Results reinforce the need for individual baselines or demographic-specific norms and the use of multiple neurosensory measures in sport-related concussion management.

scholarly journals “It’s Somebody Else’s Milk”

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Esquerra-Zwiers ◽  
Beverly Rossman ◽  
Paula Meier ◽  
Janet Engstrom ◽  
Judy Janes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Milk ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Milk Supply ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Better Than

Background: Pasteurized donor human milk (DHM), rather than preterm infant formula, is recommended for premature infants when mother’s milk is not available. Objective: This study explored the maternal decision-making process in providing consent for DHM feedings. Methods: In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 mothers of premature (mean gestational age = 27 weeks, birth weight = 942 grams) infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in this qualitative, descriptive study. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: Although only 1 mother had any previous knowledge of DHM, all mothers provided consent for DHM because they “wanted what is best for my baby.” Mothers trusted that DHM was better than formula when their infant’s feeding requirements exceeded their own milk supply. However, most mothers described a tension between wanting their infants to receive only “their” milk and DHM being “somebody else’s milk.” This desire to be the only provider of human milk was more common than concerns about the quality and safety of DHM. The mothers’ tension was mediated by trusting the NICU clinicians’ recommendations, having adequate time to make an informed decision, observing the positive outcomes of DHM, and feeling empowered that they made the best decision for their infant. Conclusion: The experiences of these mothers reflect the importance of approaching mothers for consent only when DHM is needed, respecting mothers’ beliefs and values about DHM, and providing help in mediating any tension with regard to their infants receiving “somebody else’s milk.”

scholarly journals Semistructured interviewing in primary care research: a balance of relationship and rigour

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e000057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa DeJonckheere ◽  
Lisa M Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Primary Care Research ◽  
Care Research ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

Semistructured in-depth interviews are commonly used in qualitative research and are the most frequent qualitative data source in health services research. This method typically consists of a dialogue between researcher and participant, guided by a flexible interview protocol and supplemented by follow-up questions, probes and comments. The method allows the researcher to collect open-ended data, to explore participant thoughts, feelings and beliefs about a particular topic and to delve deeply into personal and sometimes sensitive issues. The purpose of this article was to identify and describe the essential skills to designing and conducting semistructured interviews in family medicine and primary care research settings. We reviewed the literature on semistructured interviewing to identify key skills and components for using this method in family medicine and primary care research settings. Overall, semistructured interviewing requires both a relational focus and practice in the skills of facilitation. Skills include: (1) determining the purpose and scope of the study; (2) identifying participants; (3) considering ethical issues; (4) planning logistical aspects; (5) developing the interview guide; (6) establishing trust and rapport; (7) conducting the interview; (8) memoing and reflection; (9) analysing the data; (10) demonstrating the trustworthiness of the research; and (11) presenting findings in a paper or report. Semistructured interviews provide an effective and feasible research method for family physicians to conduct in primary care research settings. Researchers using semistructured interviews for data collection should take on a relational focus and consider the skills of interviewing to ensure quality. Semistructured interviewing can be a powerful tool for family physicians, primary care providers and other health services researchers to use to understand the thoughts, beliefs and experiences of individuals. Despite the utility, semistructured interviews can be intimidating and challenging for researchers not familiar with qualitative approaches. In order to elucidate this method, we provide practical guidance for researchers, including novice researchers and those with few resources, to use semistructured interviewing as a data collection strategy. We provide recommendations for the essential steps to follow in order to best implement semistructured interviews in family medicine and primary care research settings.

scholarly journals Applying a Communicating Vessels Framework to CSR Value Co-creation: Empirical Evidence From Professional Team Sport Organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 702-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Kolyperas ◽  
Christos Anagnostopoulos ◽  
Simon Chadwick ◽  
Leigh Sparks
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Team Cooperation ◽  
Charitable Foundations ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Value Cocreation ◽  
Corporate Social

Despite the increasing number and significance of charitable foundations in various business sectors, their role in cocreating corporate social responsibility (CSR) value remains unclear. This paper identifies CSR value cocreation in professional team sport organizations (PTSOs) and answers three key research questions: (a) Why have PTSOs developed charitable foundations as their means toward CSR value cocreation? (b) What CSR-related resources do PTSOs and their charitable foundations integrate? and (c) How do they manage, share, and transfer such resources to cocreate CSR value? Drawing theoretical insights from service dominant logic and consumer culture theory—and using empirical data from 47 semistructured interviews of UK-based professional football (soccer) clubs—this study develops a communicating vessels framework to illustrate the role of charitable foundations in the CSR value cocreation process. Through four tentative CSR value cocreation levels of relationship (bolt-on, cooperative, controlled, and strategic) the study suggests several internal strategies that can enhance the level of collaboration between founders and foundations. These include information sharing through customer relationship management (CRM) systems and social media platforms; staff sharing or flexible movement across the organizations; quality assurance agreements; flexible team cooperation; partnership protocols with social, media, cultural, and commercial stakeholders; and cotraining of personnel.

‘It Doesn't Matter How Big or Small You Are…There's a Position For You’: Body Image Among Female Tackle Football Players

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Liechty ◽  
Katherine Sveinson ◽  
Fleesha Willfong ◽  
Kate Evans
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Tackle Football

Coaches’ Perspectives of Intrateam Competition in High Performance Sport Teams

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Harenberg ◽  
Harold A. Riemer ◽  
Erwin Karreman ◽  
Kim D. Dorsch
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Head Coaches ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Constructive Process ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
University Level ◽  
Playing Time ◽  
Sport Coaches

Competition is a common phenomenon and occurs frequently in sports. In high performance sports, competition takes place not only between teams (interteam competition) but also within a team (intrateam competition). In the intrateam competition, coaches might play a central role because of their power to structure competition within their teams. Yet, there is a lack of research exploring how coaches facilitate this type of competition. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to explore how university-level team sport coaches’ experience, structure and use intrateam competition. Eight full-time Canadian Interuniversity Sports head coaches participated in semistructured interviews. The participants indicated that intrateam competition involves two distinct types of competition: situational and positional competition. While situational competition occurs primarily in practices, positional competition is an ongoing, continual process in which athletes who occupy the same position compete for playing time. The coaches shared important considerations about how to carefully structure and use both types of competition constructively. The study is an original account of intrateam competition as a multifaceted, constructive process within high performance sport teams.

scholarly journals Experiences Influencing Walking Football Initiation in 55- to 75-Year-Old Adults: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Cholerton ◽  
Jeff Breckon ◽  
Joanne Butt ◽  
Helen Quirk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Order ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Old Adults ◽  
Sport Policy ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Adapted Sports

Adults aged 55 and older are least likely to play sport. Despite research suggesting this population experiences physical and psychological benefits when doing so, limited research focuses on older adult sport initiation, especially in “adapted sports” such as walking football. The aim of this study was to explore initiation experiences of walking football players between 55 and 75 years old. Semistructured interviews took place with 17 older adults playing walking football for 6 months minimum (Mage = 64). Inductive analysis revealed six higher order themes representing preinitiation influences. Eight further higher order themes were found, relating to positive and negative experiences during initiation. Fundamental influences preinitiation included previous sporting experiences and values and perceptions. Emergent positive experiences during initiation included mental development and social connections. Findings highlight important individual and social influences when initiating walking football, which should be considered when encouraging 55- to 75-year-old adults to play adapted sport. Policy and practice recommendations are discussed.

scholarly journals Development and Implementation of a Mobile Tool for High-Risk Pregnant Women to Deliver Effective Caregiving for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Burduli ◽  
Hendrée E Jones ◽  
Olivia Brooks ◽  
Celestina Barbosa-Leiker ◽  
Ron Kim Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome ◽  
Abstinence Syndrome ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
Perinatal Women

BACKGROUND The United States continues to experience an alarming rise in opioid use that includes women who become pregnant and related neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in newborns. Most newborns experiencing NAS require nonpharmacological care, which entails, most importantly, maternal involvement with the newborn. To facilitate positive maternal-newborn interactions, mothers need to learn effective caregiving NAS strategies when they are pregnant; however, an enormous gap exists in the early education of mothers on the symptoms and progression of NAS, partly because no education, training, or other interventions exist to prepare future mothers for the challenges of caring for their newborns at risk for NAS. OBJECTIVE In this paper, we describe a mixed methods, multistage study to adapt an existing mobile NAS tool for high-risk pregnant women and assess its usability, acceptability, and feasibility in a small randomized controlled trial. METHODS Stage 1 will include 20 semistructured interviews with a panel of neonatology experts, NAS care providers, and mothers with experience caring for NAS-affected newborns to gather their recommendations on the management of NAS and explore their perspectives on the care of these newborns. The findings will guide the adaptation of existing mobile NAS tools for high-risk pregnant women. In stage 2, we will test the usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the adapted mobile tool via surveys with 10 pregnant women receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT). Finally, in stage 3, we will randomize 30 high-risk pregnant women receiving OAT to either receive the adapted mobile NAS caregiving tool or usual care. We will compare these women on primary outcomes—maternal drug relapse and OAT continuation—and secondary outcomes—maternal-newborn bonding; length of newborn hospital stays; readmission rates; breastfeeding initiation and duration; and postpartum depression and anxiety at 4, 8, and 12 weeks postpartum. RESULTS This project was funded in July 2020 and approved by the institutional review board in April 2020. Data collection for stage 1 began in December 2020, and as of January 2021, we completed 18 semistructured interviews (10 with NAS providers and 8 with perinatal women receiving OAT). Common themes from all interviews will be analyzed in spring 2021 to inform the adaptation of the NAS caregiving tool. The results from stage 1 are expected to be published in summer 2021. Stage 2 data collection will commence in fall 2021. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study have the potential to improve NAS care and maternal-newborn outcomes and lead to commercialized product development. If effective, our new tool will be well suited to tailoring for other high-risk perinatal women with substance use disorders. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04783558; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04783558 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/27382

scholarly journals The Role of Authentic Leadership on Athletes’ Achievement and Moral Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella Malloy ◽  
Maria Kavussanu ◽  
Mariya Yukhymenko
Keyword(s):  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Team Culture ◽  
Moral Outcomes ◽  
Prosocial Behaviours ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

Introduction Authentic leadership is a form of leadership which could result in positive outcomes in athletes, yet, it has received limited research attention in sport. We conducted two studies, in which we investigated: (a) whether authentic leadership is related to athletes’ achievement and moral outcomes via trust and the culture of the team (Study 1); and (b) whether authentic leadership is related to changes in athlete outcomes directly and indirectly through changes in trust and cohesion over time (Study 2). MethodIn both studies data were collected via questionnaires. In Study 1, participants were 366 (240 females, Mage = 21.07) team sport athletes. In Study 2, they were 421 (227 females, Mage = 20.32) team sport athletes at time 1 and 247 athletes at time 2 (5 months later). ResultsIn Study 1, authentic leadership was positively related to athletes’ trust and team culture which in turn were related to athletes’ commitment, positive affect and perceptions of their teammates’ prosocial behaviours. In Study 2, changes over time in authentic leadership were related to athletes’ perceptions of their teammates’ prosocial behaviours and enjoyment, both directly and indirectly via changes in trust and cohesion.ConclusionsOur findings enhance our understanding of authentic leadership in sport and highlight its importance in predicting crucial positive athlete outcomes.

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