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Experiences of volt hockey from family members’ perspectives: an interview study Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Anna Carin Aho, Elisabeth Renmarker, Malin Axelsson, Jenny Jakobsson
Volt hockey is a team sport developed for persons with physical disabilities. Because family members are important resources to enable sports participation, the purpose of this study was to illumin...
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Self-organized sports and place: a narrative review accompanied by Gilles Deleuze Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Åsa Andersson
Since the turn of the millennium, the practice of sport has changed significantly as more and more people leave club sports in favor of self-organized sports. A common feature of this change is the...
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Professionalization of action sports: field- and organizational-level professionalization of new Olympic sports Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Kyu Ha Choi, Jinsu Byun
The inclusion of action sports in the Olympic Games and gaining popularity may necessitate a professionalization of the associated sports organizations to effectively tackle the challenges and meet...
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‘Smile more’: women’s experiences of sexism while working in sport from a socio-ecological perspective Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Kristin L. McGinty-Minister, Laura Swettenham, Francesca M. Champ, Amy E. Whitehead
Reports of sexism in sport are ever-growing despite the potential for sexism to impact the well-being of everyone negatively. Relatively little research has investigated this phenomenon, meaning we...
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Kick like a girl: a qualitative exploration into community perspectives surrounding the Women’s Australian Football League Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Mackenzie Rose Glazbrook, Stephanie Newton Webb, Sarven Savia McLinton
Although the world of sport is experiencing an increase in women’s participation and interest, it is still viewed as an inferior product when compared with men’s sport. In particular, Australian Ru...
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‘An San’s hair is short, therefore she is a feminist:’ Women athletes’ hair, feminist movements, and nationalism Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Eun Jung, Christine C. Moon
At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, South Korean archer An San received national attention for her short hair, when anti-feminists accused An of being a feminist. The anti-feminists’ online assaults...
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Origins of non-racial school sport in South Africa Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Francois Johannes Cleophas
This article explored the political-organisational origins of non-racial school sport in South Africa. The focus was on identifying key role players and events of this particular history. It begins...
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Changes to the IOC’s governance during Thomas Bach’s presidency: intense institutional work to achieve balance and compromise Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Emmanuel Bayle
Recent changes in broadcasting, culture, economics, geopolitics, and technology have affected both the way International Olympic Committee (IOC) operates and its systemic, political, and organisati...
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Inclusivity, diversity, and the absent presence of class: a logics approach to England and Wales cricket Board (ECB) policy discourse Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Chris McMillan
Class is central to Englishness and English cricket. Conversely, despite the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) making an explicit attempt to address social issues in cricket, class has largely ...
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‘It’s always on’. Rituals and social structure within an international touch rugby team Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Benedict E. Singleton
This article investigates the processes of group formation. Utilising a ritual framework, it looks at how the Sweden Touch (rugby) team formed and bonded together to compete in the 2022 European Ch...
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Conceptualising the Global Touristic Football Club Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Felipe B. Tobar, Gregory Ramshaw, Jonathan R. Oliveira
In recent years, tourists have incorporated visiting international football clubs as part of their travel itineraries, including taking behind-the-scenes stadium tours, visiting team museums, and a...
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The role of sport in juvenile justice: benefits according to key informants Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Kalyn McDonough, Erin K. Knight
There is a strong body of literature underscoring the potential of sport programs to contribute to broad health benefits and positive youth development (PYD) for young people. However, benefits are...
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The target of digital hegemonic masculinity: male sports journalists on Twitter Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Yavuz Demir, Enes Baloğlu
Hegemonic masculinity has developed an appearance on Twitter that spreads to every layer of society and naturalizes digital hegemonic masculinity. In the present study examining the digital hegemon...
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Assessment of the delivery and implementation of the Football Association’s Heads Up mental health promotion campaign Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Christopher Elsey, James Southwood, Peter Winter, Guy Thomas, Susan Jayne Litchfield, Sharon Ogweno, Leanne Billington
During the 2019–20 English football season the Football Association, Heads Together mental health charity, and Public Health England, launched the Heads Up campaign to raise fans’ awareness about m...
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Populism in Sport, Leisure, and Popular Culture Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Xun Wang, Qiwen Wang
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Sport for social cohesion: a conceptual framework linking common practices and theory Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Louis Moustakas
Sport for development (SFD) has become an increasingly well-defined field of academic inquiry, and numerous related theories have emerged. Existing theories have however been critcised for their la...
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Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander games and sports in Australia: new perspectives Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Tarunna Sebastian, Steve Georgakis, John Nauright
Our paper highlights that the proliferation of Indigenous sport research has not been focused on examining Indigenous games and sports. Additionally, no one has to date produced a framework for und...
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Global sport in the post-COVID era Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Sarah Zipp, John Nauright
The Covid-19 pandemic upended the global sport landscape, leaving the sports world at a crossroads. In many ways, the sport industry has recovered and embraced new approaches to commercialism, dive...
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LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Nick Jephson
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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‘They are doing it because they love it’: U.S. and English fan perceptions of women footballers as ‘role models’ Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Rachel Allison, Alex Culvin, Stacey Pope
We draw from 102 interviews with American and English adults who attended the 2019 Women’s World Cup to examine how fans perceive women footballers as ‘role models’, with attention to the operation...
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Called up: calling to social justice action (SJA) and mental health of athletes Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Alisia G. T. T. Tran
The power of athletes to have social impacts is increasingly being acknowledged, and more and more sports stakeholders are recognizing athletes’ interests and motivations to engage in social justic...
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Exploring fields of power in the English Premier League. A qualitative study into unhealthy sponsorships Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Robin Ireland, Christopher Bunn, Stephanie Chambers, Gerda Reith
This qualitative study uses Bourdieu’s sociology of practice to help understand how different actors in football consider ‘unhealthy’ sponsorships (defined as promoting gambling, food and drink hig...
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The influence of Olympic triumph: exploring societal and political outcomes through sports stakeholder views Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Fateme Zare, Gábor Géczi
The purpose of this study was to qualitatively assess and describe the societal and political outcomes of elite sporting success from the stakeholders’ perspective. In order to address the research...
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Empowering and oppressive: the lived experiences and social politics of women golfers in regional Australia Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Chelsea Litchfield
This research provides an overview of the lived experiences of women golfers at regional Australian golf clubs, a cohort of sports participants who are often advantaged in their access to leisure t...
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‘Complaining’, ‘campaigning’, and everything in between: media coverage of pay equity in women’s tennis in 1973 and 2007 Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Shannon Scovel
This paper analyzes the media coverage of pay equity in women’s tennis in three newspapers during the 1973 U.S. Open and 2007 Wimbledon tournaments, the first and last Grand Slams to offer equal pa...
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Teaching Physical Education: Contemporary Issues for Teachers, Educators and Students Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Dongwei Zhang
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Stories in photos: framing styles of women athlete images on Instagram Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Salih Tiryaki
The present study aims to determine the ways in which sports content producers in traditional and new media tools in Turkey frame the images of women athletes on Instagram. In the study, the ways i...
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Contextual factors in sport talent identification research Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Garry Cahill, Áine MacNamara
The lack of consideration for contextual nuances in the transfer of practices in sport has led to the uncritical adoption of successful models as ‘best practice’ in different settings without prope...
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Similarities and differences in male and female First Nations hockey players’ experiences of moving away from their home communities to play elite hockey in the Canadian mainstream context Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Jaime Carpenter, Audrey R. Giles
There is a dearth of research that has explored the differences and similarities in First Nations male and female hockey players’ experiences while playing elite hockey in the Canadian mainstream. ...
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Same, same but different? – A comparative discourse-theoretical content analysis of the constructions of football talent in German and Swedish newspapers Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Leah Monsees
Although people may make sense of concepts like ‘talent’ and get influenced through discourses reinforced in the media, not much research has investigated the construction of ‘talent’ in the media ...
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Aikido’s self-regulation and co-regulation: a promising embodied pedagogy for intercultural communication training Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Greet Angèle De Baets, Ellen Van Praet
Aikido, a Japanese martial art, typically transforms interactions where interlocutors may feel unsafe into safe interactions for all involved. To explore how the physical and psychological safety o...
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Sport, Forced Migration and the Refugee Crisis Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Andika Bayu Putro, Trisha Aryanti Septina, Qintarazany M. Elhaqe, Awang Firmansyah, Muhamad Fahmi Hasan
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Home versus away: legitimizing and challenging home claims and social exclusion through football in Turkey Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Yağmur Nuhrat
Claiming spaces as homes indexes hierarchies. I focus on the home/away (deplasman) binary in football (soccer) where through the case of Turkey, I show how affective football fandom layers the norm...
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Perceived barriers to sports participation among adolescent girls from low socioeconomic status neighbourhoods Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Cecilie Karen Ljungmann, Julie Hellesøe Christensen, Helene Rald Johnsen, Charlotte Demant Klinker, Charlotte Skau Pawlowski
This study examined perceived barriers to sports participation among adolescent girls from low socioeconomic status (SES) neighbourhoods. A total of 11 semi-structured focus groups were conducted, ...
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Fair play in sport: the Brazilian pedagogical construction of antidoping as a civilizing element Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Daniel Giordani Vasques, Flávio Py Mariante Neto, Marco Paulo Stigger
Anti-doping has among its purposes to test athletes and promote educational actions. In Brazil, the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) has been responsible for such actions since 2014. The o...
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Experiences of belonging and exclusion in sport and physical activity for individuals of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in rural Australia Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Oli Sophie Meredith, Chelsea Litchfield, Rylee A. Dionigi, Marissa Olsen Samuelson, Jaquelyn Osborne, Ruth Crawford, Kelsey Richards
This qualitative study examined the sporting experiences of individuals of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in rural and remote areas of Australia - contexts where marginalised...
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The impact of competitive youth athlete injury on parents: a narrative review Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Leslie Podlog, Stefan Wagnsson, Ross Wadey
Athletic injuries are common in youth sports, and much research has focused on the injury experience of athletes. However, less attention has been given to the impact of adolescent injury on releva...
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Exploring the ‘lost’ 2019 Taichung East Asian Youth Games: a governance theory perspective Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Hung-Ju Chiu, Ping-Chao Lee, Yu-Yuan Chiu, Ren-Shiang Jiang
This research analyses the key factors that contributed to the cancellation of the 2019 Taichung East Asian Youth Games. The systemic governance approach is used to frame and interpret dynamic rela...
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Navigating divorce, single-motherhood and long-distance triathlon: a visual-autoethnography Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Lucy Spowart
Whilst discourses of motherhood, such as the ‘ethic of care’ and intensive parenting are powerful and persuasive, no form of motherhood can be acceptable to all. In this visual autoethnography, res...
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Researching women in sport development: an intersectional approach Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Emma Sherry, Paul Bowell, Kasey Symons, Aurélie Pankowiak
Despite an increase in published research investigating the development of sport for women and girls, to date there have been no attempts to review scholarly contributions rigorously and critically...
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‘We sacrifice our bodies for this plank of wood’: girl skateboarders, risk, pain, and injury1 Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Carrie Paechter, Lyndsey Stoodley, Michael Keenan, Chris Lawton
Skateboarding is a masculine-inflected, male dominated informal lifestyle sport which carries inherent risk of pain and injury, which is expected to be met with stoicism as part of claiming ‘authen...
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Push–pull analysis of motocross and supercross athletes’ migration to the United States Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Alexia Pedo Lopes, Khalid Ballouli, Brian Mihalik
This research aims to explore the migration of motocross and supercross athletes to the United States using the push–pull–anti-push–anti-pull framework. A purposive sampling method was employed to ...
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The Jersey of modernity: post-national masculinity and South Asian English Premier league football fans Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Ganda/Max D. López Toledano
The English Premier League (EPL) has sought to expand its consumer base globally over the last three decades, leading to the establishment of fanbases all over the world. South Asian football fans ...
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Developing a multi-level framework for analyzing public sports-based programmes to integrate migrants and refugees into organized sports Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Peter Ehnold, Henning Jarck, Alison Doherty, Karsten Elmose-Østerlund, Josef Fahlén, Andreas Gohritz, Bjarne Ibsen, Siegfried Nagel, Ørnulf Seippel, Cecilia Stenling, Åse Strandbu, Tracy Taylor, Sarah Vögtli, Torsten Schlesinger
Voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are viewed by governments as an important catalyst for the integration of migrants/refugees. However, research has shown that only a small number of VSCs are directly ...
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Navigating fandom: how user generated content reflected the conflicting emotions of sport’s importance during COVID-19 Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Kasey Symons, Sam Duncan, Adam Karg, Sarah Wymer, Emma Sherry
Despite the global cancellations of sport due to COVID-19, the Australian Football League commenced the 2020 season in empty stadiums. It was one of the few sports still being played globally befor...
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Physical Education in Irish Schools, 1900–2000: A History Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Emeritus Tom O’Donoghue
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Sport schools in Europe: a scoping study of research articles (1999–2022) Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Filip Andersson
Sport schools have increased in popularity over the past three decades, and research in the area has proliferated. This study presents an overview of sport school literature, by investigating peer-...
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The (De-)politicization of Black male bodies in American heavyweight boxing Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Wibke Schniedermann, Robert A. Winkler
The bodies of African American heavyweight boxers are political objects, regardless of the individual athlete’s public persona, personal opinion, or possible activism. The cultural history of Ameri...
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The shy girl who became national team captain: a bioecological narrative of an Olympian’s life skills development Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Vitor Ciampolini, Sara Kramers, Martin Camiré, Juarez Vieira do Nascimento, Michel Milistetd
Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory scrutinized how the complex relationship between person and environment leads to human development. Although the concept of life skills is influenced by Bronf...
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Children with disability in competitive Little Athletics: a systems thinking approach to rules and law Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Dominique Moritz, Simone Pearce, Kerry West, Catherine Sherrington, William Bellew
Children’s competitive sport in Australia poses barriers for children with disabilities. Sporting structures generally do not provide opportunities for children with disabilities to compete in a ma...
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Soccer and Society in Dublin: A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Dilwyn Porter
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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A scoping review of the experiences of elite female athletes concerning pregnancy and motherhood Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Brooke McGregor, Richard McGrath, Janette Young, Carmel Nottle
More women are successfully combining their elite athletic careers with motherhood, however for many, pregnancy and motherhood are often one of the main reasons they end their sporting careers. Whi...
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Team performance and gendered parenthood in horse-riding activities for young children Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Annika Rosén, Susanna Hedenborg, Gabriella Thorell Palmquist, Ellinor Källén
To improve the experiences of children and parents and prepare those who arrange the activities for parental needs the aim of this article is to describe and analyse parental roles in a horse-ridin...
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Telling adults about it: children’s experience of disclosing interpersonal violence in community sport Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Mary N. Woessner, Aurélie Pankowiak, Emma Kavanagh, Sylvie Parent, Tine Vertommen, Rochelle Eime, Ramon Spaaij, Jack Harvey, Alexandra G. Parker
A challenge in safeguarding children from interpersonal violence (IV) in sport is the reliance on self-disclosures and a limited understanding of the frequency, barriers to and process of disclosur...
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Expanding understanding of elite athlete parenthood in socio-cultural context: a meta-synthesis of qualitative media research findings on motherhood and sport Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Shaantanu Kulkarni, Kerry R. McGannon, Ann Pegoraro
As athlete mothers continue with sport careers and gain visibility in the media, scholars have explored media representations of high profile athlete mothers in discourses, from several disciplinar...
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Acceptance and commitment approaches for athletes’ well-being and performance Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Hongliang Yang, Karolina Eszter Kovács
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Vol. 27, No. 3, 2024)
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Female empowerment through sport: an exploratory narrative review Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Aspen E. Streetman, Katie M. Heinrich
Empowering females is a critical global priority. Sports participation is a mechanism to increase female empowerment employed throughout the world. However, measuring empowerment remains challengin...
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Brothers, bruises, and the will to win: a social-ecological hegemony perspective on Swedish ice hockey’s past Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Daniel Alsarve
The tradition of Swedish ice hockey as a masculine-dominated territory that encourages characteristics like roughness, aggressiveness, and to some extent violence has been hotly debated. Using hist...
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Policing football-related violence in the Czech Republic: the football clubs’ quest for profit and security Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Vendula Divišová
Based on semi-structured interviews with security managers of the Czech football clubs, we addressed their role in countering football-related violence as part of the complex ‘counter-hooligan’ ap...
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The Postmodern Picture of Sports Communication: Sports, Media and Culture Sport in Society (IF 1.578) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Jiayu Li
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Vol. 27, No. 3, 2024)