A social phenomenological study of physical contact in women's varsity basketball

"This study examines physical contacts, as they are experienced by women competing in varsity basketball. The interpretive and social phenomenological method offered by Denzin (1984) is used and five methodological phases are followed: (a) deconstruction, where the existing literature concerning the phenomenon is reviewed and deconstructed; (b) capture, where multiple instances of the phenomenon are obtained; (c) reduction, where the essential properties of the phenomenon are disclosed; (d) construction, where the phenomenal structures are put together to construct the phenomenon in an interpreted form; and (e) contextualization, where the phenomenon is situated back in the lives of the individuals. According a primary importance to the ""lived experiences"" of participants, the interpretation and understanding of physical contact is based on the content analysis of in-depth, open-ended interviews with members (N = 14) of a women's varsity basketball team competing in Canada, and the detailed analysis of game sequences containing physical contacts in which these players are involved."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Kinesiology and Community Health

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Rail, Genevieve

Contributors dc:contributor

• Loy, John W.

• Education, Physical
• Sociology, General
• Recreation

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Rail, Genevieve

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9026297
(UMI)AAI9026297

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21813