Adapting q methodology to tackle ableism and increase participation of disabled young people in sport, physical education, and active recreation /
This case study outlines the use of Q methodology in an outcomes-focused research project aimed at tackling ableism to increase the participation of disabled young people in school and community sport, physical education, and active recreation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Q methodology provides a unique...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2024.
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| Series: | SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This case study outlines the use of Q methodology in an outcomes-focused research project aimed at tackling ableism to increase the participation of disabled young people in school and community sport, physical education, and active recreation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Q methodology provides a unique approach to the study of attitudes, emphasizing collective rather than individual viewpoints in a statistically rigorous way, and thus was an ideal tool for our inquiry into ableist beliefs about disability across the sport, physical education, and active recreation sectors. Ableism views nondisabled people as inherently superior and disabled people as inferior and, like racism and sexism, operates as a form of privilege that disadvantages disabled people. We derived a Q set of 40 statements from a broad concourse of collated statements relating to our research objective. Our 40 participants (the P set), all professionals and volunteers working across the sport, physical education, and active recreation sectors sorted the statements according to their level of dis/agreement. Analysis of the 40 Q sorts and accompanying interviews identified ableist attitudes and examples of enabling and constraining practices. Factor analysis of the sorts revealed commonly held constructions or viewpoints (factors), while thematic analysis of the interviews explored participant understandings and assisted in interpretation of the factors. Findings from the quantitative analyses and qualitative factor interpretations provided the foundation for workshops with practitioners and policymakers to explore avenues for tackling ableism at organizational and interpersonal levels to increase participation of disabled young people in sport, physical education, and active recreation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781529689976 152968997X |