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Professor Brett Smith's Outputs (131)

The world café is an unmethod within co-produced research (2023)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., Netherway, J., & Smith, B. (2023). The world café is an unmethod within co-produced research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 20(3), 398-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2023.2239728

The world café (WC) has gained popularity as a participatory method for collecting qualitative data. In this article, we present an instrumental case study -the Moving Social Work cafés- to illuminate why and how the WC might be applied within co-pro... Read More about The world café is an unmethod within co-produced research.

Moving on From the Delphi Study: The Development of a Physical Activity Training Programme Prototype Through Co-produced Qualitative Research (2022)
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Monforte, J., Davis, C., Saleem, S., & Smith, B. (2022). Moving on From the Delphi Study: The Development of a Physical Activity Training Programme Prototype Through Co-produced Qualitative Research. Qualitative Health Research, 32(13), https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221126535

This research developed from a co-produced project called Moving Social Work. The purpose of this ongoing project is to train social workers in how to promote physical activity for and to disabled people. The first stage of the project consisted of b... Read More about Moving on From the Delphi Study: The Development of a Physical Activity Training Programme Prototype Through Co-produced Qualitative Research.

Co-production: A resource to guide co-producing research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences (2022)
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Smith, B., Williams, O., Bone, L., & Collective, T. M. S. W. C. (2023). Co-production: A resource to guide co-producing research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 15(2), 159-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2022.2052946

There is growing interest in co-production in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. That includes from researchers in sport and exercise physiology, public health, sports medicine, sport sociology, sport and exercise psychology, sport management,... Read More about Co-production: A resource to guide co-producing research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences.

Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK (2022)
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Monforte, J., Smith, M., & Smith, B. (2022). Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2805-e2817. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13724

Recently, social workers have been identified as a key messenger group for promoting physical activity (PA) to disabled people. Also identified is the need to train social workers in PA promotion. In response, the purpose of this article is to inform... Read More about Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK.

The Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) and Checklist (PAMC): International consensus statement and user guide (2021)
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Williamson, C., Baker, G., Tomasone, J. R., Bauman, A., Mutrie, N., Niven, A., …Kelly, P. (2021). The Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) and Checklist (PAMC): International consensus statement and user guide. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18(1), Article 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01230-8

Effective physical activity messaging plays an important role in the pathway towards changing physical activity behaviour at a population level. The Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) and Checklist (PAMC) are outputs from a recent modified... Read More about The Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) and Checklist (PAMC): International consensus statement and user guide.

Making sense of humour among men in a weight-loss program: A dialogical narrative approach (2021)
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Budden, T., Dimmock, J. A., Smith, B., Rosenberg, M., Beauchamp, M. R., & Jackson, B. (2022). Making sense of humour among men in a weight-loss program: A dialogical narrative approach. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 14(7), 1098-1112. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2021.1979635

Humour appears to be an important aspect of health-promoting efforts for some men. A better understanding of the role humour plays in men’s health contexts may provide insight into the optimal design of health interventions for men. In this study, we... Read More about Making sense of humour among men in a weight-loss program: A dialogical narrative approach.

Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective (2021)
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Martin Ginis, K. A., van der Ploeg, H. P., Foster, C., Lai, B., McBride, C. B., Ng, K., …Heath, G. W. (2021). Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective. The Lancet, 398(10298), 443-455. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2821%2901164-8

Approximately 1·5 billion people worldwide live with a physical, mental, sensory, or intellectual disability, about 80% of which are in low-income and middle-income countries. This Series paper provides a global overview of the prevalence, benefits,... Read More about Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective.

Critical appraisal (2021)
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Tod, D., Booth, A., & Smith, B. (2022). Critical appraisal. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 15(1), 52-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2021.1952471

The purpose of the current article is to define critical appraisal, identify its benefits, discuss conceptual issues influencing the adequacy of a critical appraisal, and detail procedures to help reviewers undertake critical appraisals. A critical a... Read More about Critical appraisal.

Training Healthcare Professionals on How to Promote Physical Activity in the UK: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Opportunities (2021)
Journal Article
Netherway, J., Smith, B., & Monforte, J. (2021). Training Healthcare Professionals on How to Promote Physical Activity in the UK: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Opportunities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136701

What physical activity (PA) training do current and future healthcare professionals (HCPs) receive in the UK? How is PA training delivered to them? The present scoping review looks at existing evidence to respond these questions. Seven databases were... Read More about Training Healthcare Professionals on How to Promote Physical Activity in the UK: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Opportunities.

Assembling the sense of home in emigrant elite athletes: Cultural transitions, narrative and materiality (2021)
Journal Article
Prato, L., Torregrossa, M., Ramis, Y., Alcaraz, S., & Smith, B. (2021). Assembling the sense of home in emigrant elite athletes: Cultural transitions, narrative and materiality. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 55, Article 101959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101959

Objective Despite a growing body of literature on cultural transitions, little is known regarding how emigrant elite athletes experience and intra-act with the non-human environment in the host country, and how this affects their sense of home. This... Read More about Assembling the sense of home in emigrant elite athletes: Cultural transitions, narrative and materiality.

Considerations for making informed choices about engaging in open qualitative research (2021)
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Tamminen, K. A., Bundon, A., Smith, B., McDonough, M., Poucher, Z., & Atkinson, M. (2021). Considerations for making informed choices about engaging in open qualitative research. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(5), 864-886. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2021.1901138

There is currently little guidance that exists for researchers in the sport and exercise sciences on open qualitative research practices. The purpose of paper is to provide researchers with guidance regarding the considerations necessary for making i... Read More about Considerations for making informed choices about engaging in open qualitative research.

Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology (2021)
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Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2023). Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2021.1881805

In recent years, qualitative research has gained popularity and legitimacy in sport and exercise psychology. However, this scientific discipline has not yet paid attention to postqualitative inquiry (PQI), despite the possibilities it offers for prod... Read More about Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology.

Expanding socio-cultural identity research in sport psycho-logy: The potential of athlete autobiographies (2020)
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McGannon, K. R., & Smith, B. (2020). Expanding socio-cultural identity research in sport psycho-logy: The potential of athlete autobiographies. Quaderns de Psicologia, 22(3), https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.1556

Within the cultural sport psychology (CSP) genre, researchers have considered multiple and intersecting athlete identity expression to enhance sport participation, inclusion and performance. The aim with the present paper was to build upon, and expan... Read More about Expanding socio-cultural identity research in sport psycho-logy: The potential of athlete autobiographies.

Conventional and Postqualitative Research: An Invitation to Dialogue (2020)
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Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2021). Conventional and Postqualitative Research: An Invitation to Dialogue. Qualitative Inquiry, 27(6), 650-660. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800420962469

This article explores a question that was left mostly unanswered in a recent special issue of Qualitative Inquiry surveying the field of postqualitative research: How can conventional and post qualitative research coexist within the qualitative commu... Read More about Conventional and Postqualitative Research: An Invitation to Dialogue.

The Influence of Confucianism on Para-Sport Activism (2020)
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Choi, I., Haslett, D., Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2021). The Influence of Confucianism on Para-Sport Activism. Sociology of Sport Journal, 38(2), 140-148. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2020-0041

Academics and sport organizations have recently recognized Para-sport as a powerful platform for disability activism. However, little attention has been given to Para-sport activism in non-Western cultures. This study explored the influence of Confuc... Read More about The Influence of Confucianism on Para-Sport Activism.

Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men (2020)
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Budden, T., Dimmock, J. A., Smith, B., Beauchamp, M., Rosenberg, M., & Jackson, B. (2020). Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 50, Article 101750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101750

In Western countries, such as Australia and the UK, a significantly greater proportion of men (relative to women) are overweight and obese, yet relatively few weight loss interventions have been developed that sufficiently target men. This lack of ma... Read More about Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men.

Stories, New Materialism and Pluralism: Understanding, Practising and Pushing the Boundaries of Narrative Analysis (2020)
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Smith, B., & Monforte, J. (2020). Stories, New Materialism and Pluralism: Understanding, Practising and Pushing the Boundaries of Narrative Analysis. Methods in Psychology, 2, Article 100016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2020.100016

This article introduces narrative analysis as a way of engaging with storied data. Some key assumptions are first unpacked, highlighting the philosophical underpinnings of narrative research. The approach to narrative described in this article derive... Read More about Stories, New Materialism and Pluralism: Understanding, Practising and Pushing the Boundaries of Narrative Analysis.

‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury (2019)
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Monforte, J., Smith, B., & Pérez-Samaniego, V. (2021). ‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(17), 2447-2453. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1702725

Purpose: Many people who experience spinal cord injury become long-term wheelchair users. This article addresses the process of becoming en-wheeled through the case example of a disabled man called Patrick. Design: An intrinsic case study informed by... Read More about ‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury.

Para athlete activism: A qualitative examination of disability activism through Paralympic sport in Ireland (2019)
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Haslett, D., Choi, I., & Smith, B. (2020). Para athlete activism: A qualitative examination of disability activism through Paralympic sport in Ireland. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 47, Article 101639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101639

Objectives: Little attention has been given to how Para athletes use their platforms for disability activism. This paper fills this gap by examining how Irish Para athletes take actions to create social change around disability. Methods: A qualitativ... Read More about Para athlete activism: A qualitative examination of disability activism through Paralympic sport in Ireland.

Promoting physical activity to disabled people: messengers, messages, guidelines and communication formats (2019)
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Smith, B., & Wightman, L. (2021). Promoting physical activity to disabled people: messengers, messages, guidelines and communication formats. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(24), 3427-3431. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1679896

Aim
The purpose of this paper is to share insights from an ongoing project that seeks to promote physical activity to disabled people.

Method
Narrative commentary.

Results
An overlooked yet important group of messengers for promoting physica... Read More about Promoting physical activity to disabled people: messengers, messages, guidelines and communication formats.

Correction to: Evidence-based scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury: an update and a new guideline (Spinal Cord, (2018), 56, 4, (308-321), 10.1038/s41393-017-0017-3) (2018)
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Ginis, K., van der Scheer, J., Latimer-Cheung, A., Barrow, A., Bourne, C., Carruthers, P., …Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2018). Correction to: Evidence-based scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury: an update and a new guideline (Spinal Cord, (2018), 56, 4, (308-321), 10.1038/s41393-017-0017-3). Spinal Cord, 56(11), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-018-0194-8

Narratives of participation among individuals with physical disabilities: A life-course analysis of athletes' experiences and development in parasport (2018)
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Allan, V., Smith, B., Côté, J., Martin Ginis, K., & Latimer-Cheung, A. (2018). Narratives of participation among individuals with physical disabilities: A life-course analysis of athletes' experiences and development in parasport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 37, 170-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.10.004

Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity (2018)
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Monforte, J., Pérez-Samaniego, V., & Smith, B. (2020). Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity. Qualitative Health Research, 30(8), 1249-1261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732318820520

In this article, we apply narrative dialogism and new materialism to health research. We examine how material↔semiotic environments (MSEs) affect the rehabilitation process of Patrick, a man who exercised with the aim to recover from spinal cord inju... Read More about Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity.

Combat surfers: A narrative study of veterans, surfing, and war trauma [Surfistas de combate: Um estudo narrativo de veteranos, surfing e trauma de guerra] [Surfistas de combate: Un estudio narrativo de veteranos, surfing y trauma de guerra] (2017)
Journal Article
Caddick, N., & Smith, B. (2017). Combat surfers: A narrative study of veterans, surfing, and war trauma [Surfistas de combate: Um estudo narrativo de veteranos, surfing e trauma de guerra] [Surfistas de combate: Un estudio narrativo de veteranos, surfing y trauma de guerra]

Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology (2017)
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Smith, B., & McGannon, K. (2018). Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11(1), 101-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2017.1317357

Qualitative research has grown within sport and exercise psychology and is now widely conducted. The purpose of this review is to discuss three commonly used ways to demonstrate rigor when conducting or judging qualitative research in sport and exerc... Read More about Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology.

Disability sport and activist identities: A qualitative study of narratives of activism among elite athletes’ with impairment (2016)
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Smith, B., Bundon, A., & Best, M. (2016). Disability sport and activist identities: A qualitative study of narratives of activism among elite athletes’ with impairment. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 26, 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.07.003

Objectives: Sport and exercise psychology has recently expanded into how it can be utilized to enable social missions like activism. No research, however, has examined activist identities among disabled, elite athletes. This article is the first to e... Read More about Disability sport and activist identities: A qualitative study of narratives of activism among elite athletes’ with impairment.

Collective stories and well-being: Using a dialogical narrative approach to understand peer relationships among combat veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (2015)
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Caddick, N., Phoenix, C., & Smith, B. (2015). Collective stories and well-being: Using a dialogical narrative approach to understand peer relationships among combat veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(3), 286-299. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314566612

Narrative as a knowledge translation tool for facilitating impact: Translating physical activity knowledge to disabled people and health professionals (2015)
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Smith, B., Tomasone, J., Latimer-Cheung, A., & Martin Ginis, K. (2015). Narrative as a knowledge translation tool for facilitating impact: Translating physical activity knowledge to disabled people and health professionals. Health Psychology, 34(4), 303-313. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000113

Objective: Theoretically informed by narrative inquiry, this article examines the utility of stories as a possible tool for disseminating synthesized physical activity knowledge to adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) and health care professionals (H... Read More about Narrative as a knowledge translation tool for facilitating impact: Translating physical activity knowledge to disabled people and health professionals.