ABSTRACT

The purposes of this paper were to (a) describe and assess the use of grounded theory methodology (GTM) in sport psychology over the past 11 years and (b) provide some guidance for best practices moving forward. Following a brief summary of the history of GTM, we present the results of a rapid review of seven sport psychology journals from 2009 to 2021. A total of 35 articles that made claims regarding the use of GTM as a methodology were retained. The retained articles were assessed using 11 criteria. Overall, the methodological completeness of GTM studies in sport psychology appears to have improved over the past decade. Twenty-two of the 35 articles met all, or all but one, of the criteria. Thirteen articles did not meet two or more of the criteria. In terms of areas for improvement, the least widely reported procedures were theoretical sampling (reported in 22 of 35 studies), theoretical saturation (22 of 35 studies), and assessment of theory (22 of 35 studies). Furthermore, the sophisticated positioning of theoretical sensitivity was sometimes lacking in the articles. We discuss ways in which researchers can increase the conceptual and theoretical sophistication of methodologically sound GTM studies.

摘要

本文的目的是 (a) 描述和评估过去 11 年中扎根理论方法 (GTM) 在运动心理学中的应用，以及 (b) 为向前发展的最佳实践提供一些指导。在简要总结 GTM 的历史之后，我们展示了对 2009 年至 2021 年 7 种运动心理学期刊的快速审查结果。总共保留了 35 篇声称使用 GTM 作为方法论的文章。保留文章使用 11 项标准进行评估。总体而言，在过去十年中，运动心理学中 GTM 研究的方法完整性似乎有所提高。35 篇文章中有 22 篇符合全部或除一项之外的全部标准。十三篇文章不符合两项或多项标准。在需要改进的地方，报道最少的程序是理论抽样（35 项研究中的 22 项报告）、理论饱和度（35 项研究中的 22 项）和理论评估（35 项研究中的 22 项）。此外，文章中有时缺乏对理论敏感性的复杂定位。我们讨论了研究人员可以提高方法学上合理的 GTM 研究的概念和理论复杂性的方法。