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Growth Following Adversity in Sport: A Mechanism to Positive Change is the first text to carefully consider the positive changes that may follow adverse experiences in sport at micro (e.g., individual), meso (e.g., dyadic, team), and macro levels (e.g., organizational, cultural). While remaining respectful of the despair and distress that can follow adversity, this comprehensive text aims to provide a narrative of hope to those who have experienced adversity in sport by showcasing the latestadvances in research on growth following adversity.
This book covers topics as diverse as: conceptual, theoretical, and methodological considerations; cultural, organizational, and relational perspectives; population-specific insights (e.g., gender, disability, youth); and applied implications (e.g., evidence-based, practice-based). Written and edited by a team of international experts and emerging talents from around the world, each chapter considers the nature and meaning of growth, contains a comprehensive review of empirical research or reflections from professional practice, and offers exciting, novel, and rigorous suggestions for future programs of research that aim to promote positive change in sport to support the safety, wellbeing, and welfare of the people who take part (e.g., athletes, coaches, paid employees, volunteers).
Cutting-edge, timely, and comprehensive, Growth Following Adversity in Sport: A Mechanism to Positive Change is essential reading for postgraduate students and scholars in the fields of sport psychology, injury and rehabilitation, sport theory and other related sport science disciplines.
List of contents
Introduction: Growth Following Adversity: A Mechanism to Positive Change in Sport
Part I: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological Perspectives
1. Growth Following Adversity: A Conceptual Perspective
2. Growth Following Adversity: A Theoretical Perspective
3. Growth Following Adversity: A Methodological Perspective
4. "It’s Impacted Me Too": Where Does Vicarious Growth Fit In?
5. Growth, Resilience, and Thriving: A Jangle Fallacy?
Part II: Cultural, Organisational, and Relational Perspectives
6. A Cultural Perspective on Growth Following Adversity: Using Autobiography to Understand Addiction Recovery through Sport
7. Can Sport Organizations Benefit From Adversity? A Sensemaking Approach
8. Can Adversity Promote Team Functioning In Sport?
9. Stress Related Growth Within Youth Sport: The Parent-Child Relationship
10. Taking an Embodied Approach to Posttraumatic Growth Research and Sport
Part III: Population Perspectives
11. Adversity- and Growth-Related Experiences of Elite Sport Performers
12. Gender Differences in Athletes’ Experiences of Adversity and Growth
13. Posttraumatic Growth in Disability Sport Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Narrative Approach
14. Sport Injury-Related Growth: A Conceptual Foundation
15. Adverse Experiences of Children and Youth: Can Sport Play a Role in Growth Following Psychologically Traumatic Events?
Part IV: Applied Perspectives
16. Nurturing Growth in the Aftermath of Adversity: A Narrative Review of Evidence-Based Practice
About the author
Ross Wadey is an Associate Professor in Sport Psychology at St Mary’s University, UK.
Melissa Day is a Reader in Qualitative Sport Psychology at the University of Chichester, UK.
Karen Howells is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.
Summary
Growth Following Adversity in Sport: A Mechanism to Positive Change in Sport is the first text to carefully consider the positive changes that may follow adverse experiences in sport at micro (i.e., individual), meso (e.g., dyadic, team), and macro levels (e.g., organizational, cultural).
