Date of Award

1-1-2009

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Organizational Unit

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Communication Studies

First Advisor

Fran Dickson, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Elizabeth Suter

Third Advisor

Renee Botta

Keywords

Competency, Grounded theory, Parent-child communication, Sport

Abstract

Research has shown that over-emphasis on winning is the number one reason why approximately seventy percent of the forty million children who participate in youth sports will quit by age 13. This study utilized a constructivist grounded theory approach to investigate the role of parent-child communication within the context of youth sports. A total of 22 athletes and 20 parents were recruited through a Western university to discuss messages exchanged during youth sport participation. The results suggest that the delineation between messages of support and pressure is largely dependent on discursive work done by both parent and child. Parents who employed competent communicative strategies to avoid miscommunications regarding participation and sports goals were able to provide support and strengthen the relationship despite pressurized situations. The present study frames the youth sport dilemma within a developing conceptualization of communicative (in)competence and offers theoretical implications for sport related parent-child communication competency (SRPCCC).

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Rights Holder

Marissa Metala Yandall

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

123 p.

Discipline

Communication

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