Defining and Contextualizing Robust Sport-Confidence
Author
Thomas, Owen
Lane, Andrew
Kingston, Kieran
Date
2011Type
Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN
1041-3200
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This study provided a systematic qualitative examination of robust sport-confidence. A focus group (2 male and 2 female participants), and follow-up interviews, with 16 (8 male and 8 female participants) elite individual sport performers, were conducted to define and contextualize the characteristics of robust sport-confidence. Data analysis procedures resulted in a definition of robust sport-confidence and the identification of 6 characteristics of robust sport-confidence. The characteristics abstracted were: multidimensional, malleable, durable, strength of belief, developed, and protective. Overall, robust sport-confidence was conceptualized as a multidimensional set of enduring positive beliefs. Future research and practical implications are discussed.
Journal/conference proceeding
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology;
Citation
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23:2, 189-208
Collections
- Sport Research Groups [1088]
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