School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
J Phys Act Health. 2010 Mar;7(2):156-66. doi: 10.1123/jpah.7.2.156.
There has been a recent push in the sport psychology literature for sport participants to be approached based on their cultural backgrounds. However, there are few examples where a cultural approach is considered, such as a culturally reflexive version of participatory action research (PAR). In the current study, the role of family is considered in relation to the sport engagement of Canadian Aboriginal youth.
Mainstream researchers teamed with coresearchers from the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve for 5 years. Community meetings and talking circles were employed as culturally sensitive data collection techniques to uncover how to encourage youth participation in Wikwemikong's sport programs. The overarching methodology for the project is PAR.
Themes and subthemes were determined by community consensus with terms indigenous (ie, culturally relevant) among the local Aboriginal culture. Family was considered important for youth involvement in Aboriginal community sport programs. Parents were expected to support their children by managing schedules and priorities, providing transportation, financial support, encouragement, and being committed to the child's activity. Aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, grandparents, and the family as a whole were seen as sharing the responsibility to retain youth in sport through collateral support (ie, when gaps in parental support arose).
Suggestions are proposed regarding how families in Aboriginal communities can collaborate to facilitate sport and physical activity among their youth. Further suggestions are proposed for researchers engaging in culturally reflexive research with participants and coresearchers from oppressed cultures.
近期，运动心理学领域提出了一种新的观点，即应根据运动员的文化背景来对他们进行研究。然而，很少有研究考虑到文化因素，例如具有文化反思性的参与行动研究（PAR）。在本研究中，我们考虑了家庭因素与加拿大原住民青年的运动参与之间的关系。
主流研究人员与威克蒙孔克无保留地保留地的核心研究人员合作了 5 年。采用社区会议和谈话圈等文化敏感性数据收集技术，以发掘如何鼓励青年参与威克蒙孔克的体育项目。该项目的总体方法是 PAR。
主题和子主题是通过社区共识确定的，术语“本土”（即与当地原住民文化相关）在当地原住民文化中得到了认可。家庭被认为对青年参与原住民社区体育项目很重要。父母有责任通过管理日程和优先事项、提供交通、经济支持、鼓励和对孩子的活动投入来支持他们的孩子。阿姨、叔叔、表兄弟姐妹、兄弟姐妹、祖父母以及整个家庭都被视为通过提供辅助支持（例如，当父母的支持出现空缺时）来共同承担让青年留在运动中的责任。
本文就原住民社区中的家庭如何合作促进其青年参与运动和体育活动提出了一些建议。还就研究人员与受压迫文化背景下的参与者和核心研究人员进行文化反思性研究提出了进一步的建议。
