Title
Comparing Collegiate Coaches’ and Players’ Perceptions of the Coaches’ Multicultural Competence
Advisor
Douglas, Scott
Committee Member
Stellino, Megan Babkes
Committee Member
Tsai, Chia-Lin
Committee Member
Romulo, Chelsie
Department
College of Natural and Health Sciences; School of Sport and Exercise Science, Social Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity – Coach Development
Institution
University of Northern Colorado
Type of Resources
Text
Place of Publication
Greeley, (Colo.)
Publisher
University of Northern Colorado
Date Created
8-2022
Extent
171 pages
Digital Origin
Born digital
Abstract
The coaching effectiveness model developed by Horn (2008) describes cultural context as a backdrop that forms beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors displayed by sport coaches. Sue et al.’s (1992) multicultural competencies model stresses the value of awareness, knowledge, and skills used in all service fields to strengthen cross-cultural relationships. Therefore, multicultural competence has been identified from these models as a critical component of effective sport coaching. Despite the growing importance of multicultural competencies expressed by, and for, sport coaches (Mesquita et al., 2011; Santos et al., 2010), there remains limited understanding of how coaches obtain and apply multiculturally competent behaviors and skills into their practice and how these behaviors are perceived by their athletes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to (1) highlight the importance of multicultural competence in the area of sport coaching and (2) contribute to the lack of multicultural competence research in sport coaching by considering athletes’ perceptions as well as coaches’ perceptions of coaches’ multicultural competence. To do this, the researcher of this study utilized a quantitative survey design to compare athletes’ and coaches’ perceptions of the coaches’ multicultural competence from 19 college teams to determine if coaches rated themselves differently than the athletes perceived their coach to be. Results indicated that collegiate sport coaches rated themselves significantly lower than their athletes rated them. In addition, the results revealed that coaches rated themselves lowest in terms of their ability to coach transgender athletes. Future work is needed to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of training interventions to help coaches become more multiculturally competent.
Degree type
PhD
Degree Name
Doctoral
Local Identifiers
Arakawa_unco_0161D_11035.pdf
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