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THE ADAPTATION CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES OF IMMIGRANT HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHES WORKING WITHIN THE CANADIAN SPORT SYSTEMCummings, Jessica 27 January 2014 (has links)
The objective of this study was to understand the adaptation challenges and solutions
experienced by immigrant coaches relocated to Canada. Ten high performance immigrant
coaches were recruited, each completing a demographic questionnaire and partaking in an
individual interview, providing insight into their experiences and cultural challenges. Results of
the study were presented under two central themes: a) communication (language barriers and
coach-athlete negotiations), and b) socialization (Canadian sport backdrop and views of sport in
the immigrant coach’s home versus host country). A common adaptation solution was the
importance of social support resources, with the immigrant coaches adjusting with less
acculturative stress when a reciprocal relationship was developed between themselves and those
they worked with. From this preliminary project there is an indication that sport psychology
consultants (SPCs) should work with immigrant coaches, and coaches and athletes of the host
country to foster this bi-directional learning processes, facilitating the coaches’ transition.
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Emotional intelligence in diverse populations : theory to interventionDiehl, Caren January 2010 (has links)
This research tested the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and mood states prior to performance, using two culturally diverse populations and using a mixed methodology. The objective was to explore whether there were cultural differences between the two samples thereafter exploring whether EI can be enhanced in the two cultures, using a psychological skills intervention. Phase 1 and 2 used the BRUMS-32 (Terry et al., 1999), and the EIS (Schutte et al., 1998) to investigate mood states and EI among a sample of UK wheelchair basketball players (phase 1: n = 51), and Ghanaian footballers (phase 2: n = 70). Five semi-structured interviews were also completed in phase 1. In phase 3 interventions (goal-setting, self-talk, relaxation and daily diaries) were used to enhance EI in a sample of UK wheelchair basketball players (n = 6) and Ghanaian football players (n = 8). Self-talk questionnaires, daily diaries, EIS and structured interviews were used to collect data during the intervention. Phase 1 MANOVA results showed that EI was related to mood states associated with optimal and dysfunctional performance (Wilks' Lambda 8.7 = .01, F = 74.76, P = .00, Partial Eta2 = .99) and indicated that optimism and utilisation of emotions contributed significantly to variation in mood by performance. Four key themes emerged from semi-structured interviews: antecedents of emotions; emotion and performance; emotional intelligence; and coping with emotions. Results suggested that EI correlated with performance. Phase 2, MANOVA results showed that EI was related to mood states associated with optimal and dysfunctional performance (Wilks' Lambda 8.40 = .50, F = 7.82, P < .00, Partial Eta2 = .50) and indicated that emotion regulation and appraisal of other‟s emotions contributed significantly to variations in mood by performance. When seen collectively, results of phase 1 and 2 indicate that there were cultural differences between the two populations.Phase 3 indicated that in both populations EI could be enhanced for some of the participants. Culture could be an explanation for the intervention only partially working. The EI theory or the EIS may only work in the culture it was developed in as it did not seem to detect changes in the Ghanaian sample.
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