Cultural Sport Psychology and Elite Sport in Singapore: An Exploration of Identity and Practice

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Tables
Contributors
Introduction
	Background
	What is This Book About?
	Structure of This Book
	References
1. What we Know and Where we are Going: The Trajectory of Cultural Sport Psychology
	1.1 What is Sport Psychology?
	1.2 Role(s), Responsibilities, and Competency
	1.3 The Context of Practice
	1.4 An Emphasis on Culture
	1.5 Understanding Cultural Sport Psychology
	1.6 Culture of Sport and Exercise Psychology
	1.7 Paradigm Wars to Sport Psychology
	1.8 The Singapore Scene
	1.9 Rationale and Objectives of this Book
	1.10 Summary
	References
2. A Perfectly Imperfect Process: Methodology and Mixed-Methods Part I
	2.1 Philosophical Assumptions and Reflexivity
	2.2 On Mixed-Methods
	2.3 Qualitative Participants
	2.4 The Interviews
	2.5 Thematic Analysis
	2.6 Judgement and Criteria
	2.7 Representation
	2.8 Ethical Considerations
	2.9 Summary
	References
3. History, Politics, and the Place of Elite Sport
	3.1 Value of Sport
		3.1.1 A sporting nation
		3.1.2 Public perceptions
		3.1.3 Return on investment
	3.2 Surviving in Singapore
		3.2.1 Practical Singaporean
		3.2.2 The Singapore "ceiling"
	3.3 Summary
	References
4. A Distorted Elite Ecosystem
	4.1 Support Infrastructure
		4.1.1 Financing excellence
		4.1.2 Organisational efficacy
	4.2 Just an Athlete
		4.2.1 The ideal athlete
		4.2.2 Hidden pressures
		4.2.3 Athlete lifespan
	4.3 Summary
	References
5. Confounding Perceptions of Applied Sport Psychology
	5.1 Subjectivity of Psychology
		5.1.1 Omniscience
		5.1.2 General misconceptions
	5.2 Industry Ramifications
		5.2.1 Psychological pill
		5.2.2 Territory encroachment
	5.3 Summary
	References
6. Advancing the Practice of Sport Psychology
	6.1 Clarifying the Profession
		6.1.1 The "right" people
		6.1.2 Engineering professional integrity
	6.2 Relationship Foundations
		6.2.1 Re-examining collaboration
		6.2.2 Coaches as gatekeepers
	6.3 Summary
	References
7. The Quantification of Qualitative Information: Methodology and Mixed-Methods Part II
	7.1 Quantitative Sample
	7.2 Questionnaires
	7.3 Factor Analysis
	7.4 Exploratory Factor Analyses
		7.4.1 Preliminary analyses
		7.4.2 Main analyses
	7.5 Confirmatory Factor Analyses
		7.5.1 Data analysis guidelines
		7.5.2 Preliminary analyses
		7.5.3 Main analyses
	7.6 Differences According to Gender and Level of Sport Involvement
	7.7 Validity and Reliability
	7.8 Summary
	References
8. Data Visualisation of Quantitative Findings: Infusing Statistics with Emotion
	8.1 Basis for Data Visualisation
	8.2 Singapore Sports Culture Questionnaire
		8.2.1 Sport organisations and their support
		8.2.2 Perceptions of sport
		8.2.3 Being an athlete in Singapore
		8.2.4 Singapore's outcome-driven environment
	8.3 Singapore Sport Psychology Questionnaire
		8.3.1 Perceptions of sport psychology
		8.3.2 Professionalism of sport psychologists
		8.3.3 Sport stakeholders and psychologists
		8.3.4 Application of sport psychology
	8.4 Summary
	References
9. Conclusion: Moving Elite Sport and Psychology Forward
	9.1 Empirical Contributions
		9.1.1 A recreational sporting culture
		9.1.2 The precarious position of elite sport
		9.1.3 Stagnation of sport psychology
	9.2 Methodological Contributions
		9.2.1 Sociocultural specific strategies
		9.2.2 Communication and accessibility
	9.3 Practical Implications
		9.3.1 Focusing on the system
		9.3.2 Regulating psychological practice
		9.3.3 Establishing a professional community
		9.3.4 Building trust and rapport
	9.4 Concluding Thoughts and Future Possibilities
	References
Appendix
	Appendix A Interview Guide
		Section One
		Section Two
		Section Three
		Section Four
	Appendix B EFA Questionnaires
	Appendix C CFA Questionnaires
	Appendix D Final 29-Item SSCQ
	Appendix E Final 26-Item SSPQ
Index