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The Development and Use of Self-Compassion to Cope with Adversity in Sport in Female Varsity Athletes
DownloadFall 2016
Self-compassion is an emotion regulation strategy that encourages the practice of mindfulness, common humanity, and self-kindness. It involves understanding adverse experiences using a broader perspective, seeking connections with others, and directing kindness towards the self (Neff, 2003a) and...
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Exploring the cultural construction of children's play in Thailand: an action research study with the Foundation for Child Development
DownloadFall 2011
Children’s play has emerged as a global discourse (Fleer, 2009). Studies from diverse theoretical traditions have examined the role of play in child development; however, the dominant discourse of play has largely privileged Western European-heritage cultural practices, and as a result childhood...
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Fall 2015
This study examined female athletes’ perceptions of how they became optimistic. In order to identify optimistic athletes, 83 members of female varsity sport teams at the University of Alberta completed a sport-specific version of the Life Orientation Test (LOT; Dunn, Causgrove Dunn, & Lizmore,...