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Professor Brett Smith's Outputs (12)

‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury (2019)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Disabled athlete activism in South Korea: A mixed-method study (2019)
Journal Article
Choi, I., Haslett, D., & Smith, B. (2021). Disabled athlete activism in South Korea: A mixed-method study. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19(4), 473-487. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2019.1674903

Activism is defined as problem-solving action to bring about political or social change. While research on disabled athlete activism is emerging in Western cultures, no research has been conducted in a non-Western culture. The aim of this study is to... Read More about Disabled athlete activism in South Korea: A mixed-method study.

Qualitative research in six sport and exercise psychology journals between 2010 and 2017: An updated and expanded review of trends and interpretations (2019)
Journal Article
McGannon, K., Smith, B., Kendellen, K., & Gonsalves, C. (2021). Qualitative research in six sport and exercise psychology journals between 2010 and 2017: An updated and expanded review of trends and interpretations. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19(3), 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2019.1655779

Descriptive reviews of qualitative research across two decades – 1990–1999 (Culver, D., Gilbert, W., & Trudel, P. (2003). A decade of qualitative research published in sport psychology journals: 1990–1999. The Sport Psychologist, 17, 1–15) and 2000–2... Read More about Qualitative research in six sport and exercise psychology journals between 2010 and 2017: An updated and expanded review of trends and interpretations.

The role of the athletes’ entourage on attitudes to doping (2019)
Journal Article
Barkoukis, V., Brooke, L., Ntoumanis, N., Smith, B., & Gucciardi, D. F. (2019). The role of the athletes’ entourage on attitudes to doping. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(21), 2483-2491. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1643648

The present study investigated athletes’ and coaches’ beliefs about the role of athletes’ entourage in deterring or promoting doping. Competitive athletes and coaches in Greece and Australia took part in semi-structured interviews. Our analysis of th... Read More about The role of the athletes’ entourage on attitudes to doping.