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    Development and Validation of the Deaf Athletic Coping Skills Inventory

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    Athletes who are deaf form a unique cultural group within sport. Many have competed at of the highest levels of competition from the Deaflympics to professional sport and the Olympic Games. Although deaf athletes have competed at these elite, world-class levels, there have been few attempts to recognize and understand the psychological characteristics of persons who are deaf in the sport context. Therefore, the purpose of the present research was to translate a commonly used inventory for measuring psychological coping in sport – the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 (ACSI-28) - for use with a group of world-class deaf athletes at the 2007 Winter Deaflympics. In order to achieve this objective the study was divided into three stages: (a) adaptation and translation of the ASCI-28 for use with deaf athletes; (b) investigation of the preliminary psychometric properties of the adapted and translated inventory through pilot testing, and (c) collection of data from a group of world-class deaf athletes in order to describe the types of coping skills used in deaf sport and to further extend the initial psychometric properties of the inventory. Results of the pilot study indicated there was initial reliability and validity to warrant the use of this new measure – the Deaf Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (DACSI-36) - in the main study. Subsequent data collection using the DACSI-36 revealed that deaf athletes in some sports used various coping skills significantly more often than athletes in other sports. The results are discussed in light of previous research and implications for future research are presented

    Sport psychology consultants\u27 experience of using hypnosis in their practice

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    The purpose of this study was to address sport psychology consultants\u27 experiences of using hypnosis in their practice. Furthermore, it was the intent of this study to gain a better understanding of how hypnosis is used as a performance enhancement technique in applied sport psychology. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with six sport psychology consultants (all Ph.D.) that had training and experience related to hypnosis. From the analysis of interview data two broad categories of themes emerged: (a) Contexual Information, and (b) Interview Process. Each category consisted of three major themes. Participants discussed a number of ways hypnosis has been used in their practice to help facilitate athletic performance. In addition, participants discussed topics related to assessing if and how hypnosis was a good intervention for different clients, myths and misconceptions, legal and ethical issues, and a variety of cultural factors sport psychology consultants need to be aware of when using hypnosis with athletes. This study was exploratory in nature and provides useful information for other sport psychology consultants who might be considering incorporating hypnosis into their practice
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