21 research outputs found
âWell, You Feel More Responsible When Youâre Unsupervisedâ: Exploring Family Perspectives on Childrenâs Independent Mobility
While childrenâs independent mobility (CIM) is associated with various benefits, there is evidence of a generational decline in CIM in westernized countries; therefore, it is helpful to understand how CIM is currently negotiated between children and their parents. The purpose of this study was to examine childrenâs and parentsâ perspectives and negotiations of CIM within the family unit. Face-to-face interviews and walk-along interviews were conducted with parents (n = 44) and children (n = 22), respectively. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and a thematic analysis was conducted. Four key preconditions were identified that facilitated negotiation of CIM within family units, including (1) the influence of parentsâ childhood experiences regarding their view of CIM (e.g., positive interpretations of childhood on parenting practices), (2) the role of childrenâs individual characteristics on their independent mobility (e.g., childâs confidence in their abilities), (3) family communication as a key coping strategy (parentâparent and parentâchild communication), and (4) the influence of positive perceptions of the social environment on CIM. The findings suggest that CIM thrives when these conditions are present; as a result, it may be particularly helpful to develop policies and programs that support childrenâs skill training, explore strategies to support communication between parents and children, and build neighbourhood connections
âWell, You Feel More Responsible When Youâre Unsupervisedâ: Exploring Family Perspectives on Childrenâs Independent Mobility
While childrenâs independent mobility (CIM) is associated with various benefits, there is evidence of a generational decline in CIM in westernized countries; therefore, it is helpful to understand how CIM is currently negotiated between children and their parents. The purpose of this study was to examine childrenâs and parentsâ perspectives and negotiations of CIM within the family unit. Face-to-face interviews and walk-along interviews were conducted with parents (n = 44) and children (n = 22), respectively. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and a thematic analysis was conducted. Four key preconditions were identified that facilitated negotiation of CIM within family units, including (1) the influence of parentsâ childhood experiences regarding their view of CIM (e.g., positive interpretations of childhood on parenting practices), (2) the role of childrenâs individual characteristics on their independent mobility (e.g., childâs confidence in their abilities), (3) family communication as a key coping strategy (parentâparent and parentâchild communication), and (4) the influence of positive perceptions of the social environment on CIM. The findings suggest that CIM thrives when these conditions are present; as a result, it may be particularly helpful to develop policies and programs that support childrenâs skill training, explore strategies to support communication between parents and children, and build neighbourhood connections.Education, Faculty ofMedicine, Faculty ofOther UBCKinesiology, School ofPediatrics, Department ofPopulation and Public Health (SPPH), School ofReviewedFacult
Core Workout: A Feminist Critique of Definitions, Hyperfemininity, and the Medicalization of Fitness
Aquadynamics and the Athletocracy: Jennie Fletcher and the British Women's 4 x 100 metre Freestyle Relay Team at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games
This article considers the part played by aquadynamics, or a concern for the technical
properties of swimming costumes, in the career of Jennie Fletcher (1890â1968) who won
Britainâs first individual Olympic female swimming medal (bronze) at the Stockholm
Olympic Games in 1912 and contributed to the first womenâs team gold in the 4 Ă 100
metre Freestyle Relay. Her light silk one-piece racing swimsuit represented a new kind of modernity: the revealed sporting body enabled competitive principles, rather than modesty, to define the appearance of the female swimmer. The article also examines the place of the working-class competitor in our understanding of the early Games, an âathletocracyâ where performance, not background, enabled individuals to compete. The work therefore also explores the relevance of Fletcherâs birthplace, Leicester, in the development of amateur and professional swimming and in the production of swmming costumes for both sport and leisure.This research has been developed with the support of a De Montfort University Research Investment Fund grant for 2011â12 to look at the relationship between sport and fashion,
particularly in the county of Leicestershire.