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The transnational migration of mindfulness : A call for reflective pause in sport and exercise psychology (2021)
Roychowdhury, D., Ronkainen, N., & Guinto, M. L. (2021). The transnational migration of mindfulness : A call for reflective pause in sport and exercise psychology. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 56, Article 101958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101958
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Roychowdhury, Dev; Ronkainen, Noora; Guinto, Maria Luisa
Lehti tai sarja: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
ISSN: 1469-0292
eISSN: 1878-5476
Julkaisuvuosi: 2021
Volyymi: 56
Artikkelinumero: 101958
Kustantaja: Elsevier Ltd.
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101958
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Tiivistelmä
Research on transnational migration has flourished in recent years, but the transnational movement of ideas, practices, and cultural norms, especially within the sport and exercise psychology community, has received scant attention. We explored the transnational migration of mindfulness to understand how the concept has been culturally adapted to fit the mainstream sport and exercise psychology research and practice.
Method
Sport-based mindfulness interventions, journal articles in Psychology of Sport and Exercise in 2008–2020, and sessions of the FEPSAC 2019 Congress were examined to reflect on the current positionality of mindfulness within sport and exercise psychology research and practice.
Results
In its journey from East to West, mindfulness has been reappropriated through the mechanisms of mediating, mystifying, medicalizing, mainstreaming, marketing, and moralizing. The reviewed publications approached mindfulness as a means to enhance athletes' performance, well-being, or both. Spiritual and Eastern philosophical roots of mindfulness were notably absent from the majority of publications.
Discussion and conclusion
The Western cultural perspective has dominated the cultural encounter when mindfulness migrated from East to West. Researchers and practitioners are called to reflect on their own positionality and how Eurocentric assumptions permeate contemporary mindfulness practice. We call for greater attention to the philosophical, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of mindfulness and for culturally competent and sensitive practice.
YSO-asiasanat: liikuntapsykologia; tietoinen läsnäolo; mietiskely; itämainen filosofia; kulttuurienvälinen vuorovaikutus; kulttuurinen omiminen; ylirajaisuus; etnosentrismi; globalisaatio
Vapaat asiasanat: cultural appropriation; ideology; transculturation; ethnocentrism; transnational research; sport globalization
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2021
JUFO-taso: 1
