Dr Hollie Fountain H.Fountain@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Capturing the insights of parents of athletes in performance pathways
People Involved
Dr George Andronikos G.Andronikos@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Prof Russell Martindale r.martindale@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Dr Cedric English C.English@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Project Description
The Project
sportscotland is looking to contract a researcher to deliver an online survey and 6 focus groups with parents of performance pathway athletes from 4-6 sports, representing team, individual, combat and target orientated sports.
The research is required, to improve our understanding of the life of parenting a performance pathway athlete and inform design of a range of parent support resources. We expect the contact to run for a period of approximately 6-8 months, beginning ideally in June 2019.
Research questions
The principal aim is to enhance our understanding of the parenting journey. We would like to explore:
- The thoughts and feelings of parents in relation to their child’s athletic journey to becoming
a High Performance athlete.
- The core challenges and strengths of parenting a performance pathway athlete.
- Points of uncertainty, where additional information would help the parent help their child
- Establish whether information on the socio-psychological support is of interest to parents
- Understand if and how they would like to engage with support
| Status | Project Complete |
|---|---|
| Funder(s) | Sportscotland |
| Value | £22,768.00 |
| Project Dates | Aug 1, 2019 - Feb 28, 2021 |
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