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Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship
Varsity athletes are a group of high performers situated within a demographic notable for smartphone usage and media-multitasking. Surprisingly, little research has examined the impact of smartphones in the lives of varsity athletes. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to begin ad...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815595/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33490951 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.560031 |
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description | Varsity athletes are a group of high performers situated within a demographic notable for smartphone usage and media-multitasking. Surprisingly, little research has examined the impact of smartphones in the lives of varsity athletes. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to begin addressing this gap by investigating varsity athletes' experiences with smartphones. Varsity athletes (n = 21) from nine different sports participated in one of five focus groups, and data emerging from these discussions were subjected to an inductive thematic analysis. Results indicate that smartphones are a mainstay of varsity athletes' experiences, as the athletes regularly use their smartphones to manage roles and demands across multiple contexts (e.g., sport, school, home). Themes pertained to concurrent negative (e.g., stress, distraction, disengagement) and positive (e.g., self-regulation, social connectedness) implications of smartphone usage, making it clear that athletes' relationship with their smartphone is a complicated one. Findings contribute to the limited studies of smartphone usage among athletes, and support the notion that implications of usage exist along a continuum, rather than in distinct categories of “good” and “bad”. Results can inform practical guidelines for optimising athletes' use of smartphones in and around the sport context. |
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spelling | pubmed-78155952021-01-21 Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship DesClouds, Poppy Durand-Bush, Natalie Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living Varsity athletes are a group of high performers situated within a demographic notable for smartphone usage and media-multitasking. Surprisingly, little research has examined the impact of smartphones in the lives of varsity athletes. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to begin addressing this gap by investigating varsity athletes' experiences with smartphones. Varsity athletes (n = 21) from nine different sports participated in one of five focus groups, and data emerging from these discussions were subjected to an inductive thematic analysis. Results indicate that smartphones are a mainstay of varsity athletes' experiences, as the athletes regularly use their smartphones to manage roles and demands across multiple contexts (e.g., sport, school, home). Themes pertained to concurrent negative (e.g., stress, distraction, disengagement) and positive (e.g., self-regulation, social connectedness) implications of smartphone usage, making it clear that athletes' relationship with their smartphone is a complicated one. Findings contribute to the limited studies of smartphone usage among athletes, and support the notion that implications of usage exist along a continuum, rather than in distinct categories of “good” and “bad”. Results can inform practical guidelines for optimising athletes' use of smartphones in and around the sport context. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7815595/ /pubmed/33490951 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.560031 Text en Copyright © 2021 DesClouds and Durand-Bush. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sports and Active Living DesClouds, Poppy Durand-Bush, Natalie Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship |
title | Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship |
title_full | Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship |
title_fullStr | Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship |
title_full_unstemmed | Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship |
title_short | Smartphones and Varsity Athletes: A Complicated Relationship |
title_sort | smartphones and varsity athletes: a complicated relationship |
topic | Sports and Active Living |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815595/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33490951 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.560031 |
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