Acculturation through sport: Different contexts different meanings
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Acculturation through sport: Different contexts different meanings. / Elbe, Anne-Marie; Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis; Morela, Eleftheria; Ries, Francis; Kouli, Olga; Sanchez, Xavier.
In: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2018, p. 178-190.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Acculturation through sport: Different contexts different meanings
AU - Elbe, Anne-Marie
AU - Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis
AU - Morela, Eleftheria
AU - Ries, Francis
AU - Kouli, Olga
AU - Sanchez, Xavier
N1 - CURIS 2018 NEXS 111
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Research on the role of sport as a social integrative agent for migrants has provided equivocal results. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between ethnic–cultural identity and sport environmental factors. Young migrant male athletes from two different societal and sport contexts were studied: migrants from Eastern European countries living in Greece (n = 60) and from Latin America living in Spain (n = 60). Participants completed measures of ethnic and cultural identity, task-oriented motivational climate, and autonomysupportive coaching behaviour. Analysis of variance revealed that Eastern European inhabitants of Greece scored higher on fringe and assimilation, and lower on lack of interaction compared to Latin American inhabitants of Spain. In addition, for the former group, a mastery motivational climate and autonomy-supportive coaching predicted an integrative identity, whereas for the latter group, the motivational environment did not predict acculturation patterns. The results suggest that sport may serve different acculturation purposes, thus explaining to a degree the lack of consistent results regardingthe integrative role of sport. The study provides preliminary support for the importance of the sport motivational environment for the facilitation of integration.
AB - Research on the role of sport as a social integrative agent for migrants has provided equivocal results. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between ethnic–cultural identity and sport environmental factors. Young migrant male athletes from two different societal and sport contexts were studied: migrants from Eastern European countries living in Greece (n = 60) and from Latin America living in Spain (n = 60). Participants completed measures of ethnic and cultural identity, task-oriented motivational climate, and autonomysupportive coaching behaviour. Analysis of variance revealed that Eastern European inhabitants of Greece scored higher on fringe and assimilation, and lower on lack of interaction compared to Latin American inhabitants of Spain. In addition, for the former group, a mastery motivational climate and autonomy-supportive coaching predicted an integrative identity, whereas for the latter group, the motivational environment did not predict acculturation patterns. The results suggest that sport may serve different acculturation purposes, thus explaining to a degree the lack of consistent results regardingthe integrative role of sport. The study provides preliminary support for the importance of the sport motivational environment for the facilitation of integration.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Ethnic and cultural identity
KW - Social integration
KW - Motivational environment
KW - Multicultural groups
U2 - 10.1080/1612197X.2016.1187654
DO - 10.1080/1612197X.2016.1187654
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 178
EP - 190
JO - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
SN - 1612-197X
IS - 2
ER -
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