The role of parents in tennis success: Focus group interviews with junior coaches
By D. Gould, Larry Lauer, Cristina Rolo, C. Jannes, Nori Pennisi. 2008
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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Social Psychology
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Citations in the corpus
- Trait Anxiety in Young Athletes as a Function of Parental Pressure and Motivational Climate: Is Parental Pressure Always Harmful? (2011, background): “Parental pressure is directly relevant to the autonomy construct and is assumed to undermine the child’s sense of autonomy (Gagne et al., 2003; Gould et al., 2008).”
- Parental stressors in professional youth football academies: a qualitative investigation of specialising stage parents (2010, background): “Such a youth sport education policy would serve to ensure that parents develop the necessary motivation-related knowledge and cognitive-behavioural skills both to manage themselves and to optimally influence the development of their child (Gould et al. 2008).”
- The Motivational Atmosphere in Youth Sport: Coach, Parent, and Peer Influences on Motivation in Specializing Sport Participants (2010, background): “In combination with other studies (e.g., Conroy & Coatsworth, 2007; Garcia Bengoechea & Strean, 2007; Gould et al., 2008; Holt et al., 2008, 2009; Keegan et al., 2009; McCarthy & Jones, 2007), this research builds a picture of motivational influences across the developmental trajectory of athletes’ ”
- A systematic review of social support in youth sport (2014, background): “Negative parent behaviours examined included over-emphasizing winning, holding unrealistic expectations and criticizing their child (Gould et al., 2006, 2008).”
- Why do children take part in, and remain involved in sport? A literature review and discussion of implications for sports coaches (2013, background): “From a coach’s perspective, parents who over-emphasised winning are more likely to negatively affect their children’s motivation levels, whereas parents who emphasised effort, teamwork, and fun were more likely to positively affect children’s motivation levels (Gould et al., 2008).”
- Influences on parental involvement in youth sport. (2016, background): “For example, one of the many criticisms levelled at parents involved in youth sport is that they expect too much of children, usually aligned with an excessive focus upon winning (Gould et al., 2006, 2008).”
- Parental Behaviors in Team Sports: How do Female Athletes Want Parents to Behave? (2011, methodology): “An interview guide was created with questions based on previous studies of parental behaviors in youth sport (Gould et al., 2008; Knight et al., 2010) and through discussions among the research team.”
- Parenting in youth sport: A position paper on parenting expertise. (2015, background): “…reinforcing the manners in which sport 22 parents offer appropriate social support (and avoid pressuring behaviors) to optimize their 23 child’s opportunities, experience, and development (e.g., Gould et al., 2006, 2008; Lauer et 24 al., 2010a, 2010b; Holt & Dunn, 2004; Wolfenden & Holt, 2005).”
- Stress in youth sport: A developmental investigation of tennis parents (2009, background): “Similarly, do parents who fail to manage certain organizational 17 and developmental stressors in the specializing and investment phases negatively influence 18 the decision-making and transitions of their child (Gould et al., 2008).”