Connecting through Summer Camp: Youth with Visual Impairments Find a Sense of Community

Autor/inn/en	Goodwin, Donna L.; Lieberman, Lauren J.; Johnston, Keith; Leo, Jennifer
Titel	Connecting through Summer Camp: Youth with Visual Impairments Find a Sense of Community
Quelle	In: Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 28 (2011) 1, S.40-55 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-5829
Schlagwörter	Group Membership; Visual Impairments; Focus Groups; Youth; Summer Programs; Interviews; Resident Camp Programs; Athletics; Children; Adolescents; Phenomenology; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Support Groups; Resistance (Psychology); New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Sommerkurs; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Leichtathletik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Resistenz
Abstract	The social meaning of a one-week residential summer sports camp to young people with visual impairments is described. The experiences of 13 youths (7 females and 6 males) with visual impairments (3 B1, 1 B2, and 9 B3) between 9 and 15 years of age were gathered using the phenomenological methods of focus groups, conversational interviews, and field notes. The thematic analysis revealed three themes: connected, reaching out, and resisting and acquiescing. Experiences of group membership and shared emotional connection to others with visual impairments surfaced in a supportive sport context although resistance to others' assumptions of ability was evident. The theory of psychological sense of community (McMillan & Chivas, 1986) provided the conceptual framework for interpreting the findings. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10