TY - JOUR
T1 - Multicultural Training and Awareness Among Sport Psychology Practitioners
AU - Curvey, Rena M.G.
AU - White, Shannon C.
AU - Murphy, Emily A.
AU - Scheadler, Travis R.
AU - Englis, Myles T.
AU - Phelps, Laura L.
AU - Hargons, Candice N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Guided by an interpretivist–constructivist paradigm and phenomenological framework, this study explored sport psychology professionals’ lived experiences to better understand their multicultural training and competence within the field of sport psychology. Twelve sport psychology professionals participated in semi-structured interviews from March 2020 to May 2020. The following four themes emerged: (a) a call to reform training programs, (b) a shift from multicultural competence to cultural humility, (c) professional and ethical responsibilities of sport psychology practitioners, and (d) reflexive practice and culturally sensitive interventions. Study findings support expanding multicultural training for students of sport psychology graduate programs and suggest that sport psychology professionals have an ethical responsibility to be culturally aware. Further study findings and clinical implications are discussed.
AB - Guided by an interpretivist–constructivist paradigm and phenomenological framework, this study explored sport psychology professionals’ lived experiences to better understand their multicultural training and competence within the field of sport psychology. Twelve sport psychology professionals participated in semi-structured interviews from March 2020 to May 2020. The following four themes emerged: (a) a call to reform training programs, (b) a shift from multicultural competence to cultural humility, (c) professional and ethical responsibilities of sport psychology practitioners, and (d) reflexive practice and culturally sensitive interventions. Study findings support expanding multicultural training for students of sport psychology graduate programs and suggest that sport psychology professionals have an ethical responsibility to be culturally aware. Further study findings and clinical implications are discussed.
KW - cultural humility
KW - multicultural competence
KW - practice and training
KW - qualitative methodology
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U2 - 10.1123/jcsp.2021-0046
DO - 10.1123/jcsp.2021-0046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143513829
SN - 1932-9261
VL - 16
SP - 349
EP - 367
JO - Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
IS - 4
ER -