Impact of Sport Participation on Psychosocial Development of Mainstreamed Hard of Hearing Adolescent Athletes

• Main Author: Hoffman, Michael
• Other Authors: Sachs, Michael L., DuCette, Joseph P., Schifter, Catherine
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Temple University. Libraries 2012
• Subjects: Psychology; Kinesiology; School Counseling; Adolescent; Benefits of Sport; Deaf; Hard of Hearing; Psychosocial Development; Sport Participation; Hess; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/1447

The purpose of this study was two-fold: First, to qualitatively explore mainstreamed hard of hearing adolescent athletes' psychosocial development, centering on their perspectives of cultural identity, self-concept, and self-esteem and the interaction of these psychological constructs with spor...