Term of Award
Spring 2010
Degree Name
Master of Science in Kinesiology (M.S.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Committee Chair
Daniel R. Czech
Committee Member 1
Sarah Carson
Committee Member 2
Windy Dees
Abstract
Author's abstract: Within a family, siblings are fixtures of children's lives (Whiteman, McHale, & Crouter 2007). With this being known, researchers have examined modeling and deidentification behaviors based on sibling interaction and motivation (e.g., Whiteman, McHale, & Crouter 2007; Whiteman & Christiansen, 2008). Moreover, Whiteman et al. (2007) revealed that second-borns' perceptions of influence were positively correlated to siblings' perceptions of intimacy and temporal involvement, but not to perceptions of negativity. Furthermore, sibling similarities were most apparent when younger siblings perceived sibling influence and when their older sibling reported high engagement, competence, and interest in a particular domain. Unfortunately, there has been very little additional research that has examined the role of sibling achievements in sport. Therefore, a gap in the sport psychology research exists concerning this unique relationship between siblings. The current study investigated the experience of younger sibling's use of older siblings' achievements in sport. Through an open-ended phenomenological approach, this study has gained a rich description of the role of sibling achievements in sport. The participants in this study were individuals who had an older sibling, who played the same sport, and who participated at the collegiate level. Participants were categorized into three different groups: younger siblings who play/played the same sport as the elder sibling; younger siblings who participate/participated in a different sport; and younger siblings that do/did not participate in sport. Participant interviews revealed an overall thematic structure of: family influence, social influence, fondness, and identity. Several sub-themes from each of these categories emerged from the data.
Recommended Citation
Blazo, Jordan A., "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: A Qualitative Inquiry of Sibling Achievement in Sport" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1036.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1036
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