Class
Article
Department
Psychology Department
Faculty Mentor
Daniel Fleming
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Perfectionism in sport has received a large amount of attention in both the scholarly and popular domains. Early perfectionism research was conducted in clinical populations and students. Recently this moved towards a focus on athletes and the field has since grown exponentially. Reviews in the form of meta-analyses from Hill and colleagues (2018, 2020) have provided useful insight into the conceptual and theoretical advances in the field, yet there remain gaps to be addressed. Citation network analysis provides a functional method for consolidating literature, specifically examining (1) the lineage of foundational papers to contemporary work, (2) the theoretical and methodological approaches utilized in the field, (3) and the nature of the participants that have been investigated. A three-step scanning process was implemented to identify and screen articles which examined perfectionism in sport. Multiple databases were searched using words such as “sport” and the boolean term “perfection*” to find peer reviewed articles published in English. There was no criteria such as age, gender, sport participated in, or date of publication while searching. The search yielded a total of 158 articles which all varied greatly in the sport consisting of 34 unique sports such as hockey, football, cross country, and track and field. The majority of studies were conducted in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Overall, 93% of the articles reviewed implemented a quantitative research method, 4% applied qualitative methods, and 3% were a mix between quantitative and qualitative. The citation network analysis provides detailed insight to identify potential pathways that may yield fruitful findings in the future. Presentation Time: Thursday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-11-2021 12:00 AM
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A Citation Network Analysis of Perfectionism in Sport
Logan, UT
Perfectionism in sport has received a large amount of attention in both the scholarly and popular domains. Early perfectionism research was conducted in clinical populations and students. Recently this moved towards a focus on athletes and the field has since grown exponentially. Reviews in the form of meta-analyses from Hill and colleagues (2018, 2020) have provided useful insight into the conceptual and theoretical advances in the field, yet there remain gaps to be addressed. Citation network analysis provides a functional method for consolidating literature, specifically examining (1) the lineage of foundational papers to contemporary work, (2) the theoretical and methodological approaches utilized in the field, (3) and the nature of the participants that have been investigated. A three-step scanning process was implemented to identify and screen articles which examined perfectionism in sport. Multiple databases were searched using words such as “sport” and the boolean term “perfection*” to find peer reviewed articles published in English. There was no criteria such as age, gender, sport participated in, or date of publication while searching. The search yielded a total of 158 articles which all varied greatly in the sport consisting of 34 unique sports such as hockey, football, cross country, and track and field. The majority of studies were conducted in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Overall, 93% of the articles reviewed implemented a quantitative research method, 4% applied qualitative methods, and 3% were a mix between quantitative and qualitative. The citation network analysis provides detailed insight to identify potential pathways that may yield fruitful findings in the future. Presentation Time: Thursday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.