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Clinical Psychology and Special Education
2017. Vol. 6, no. 4, 148–167
https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2017060410
ISSN: 2304-0394 (online)

Interview in Sport Psychology: Method of Study and Preparing an Intervention

 
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Abstract

Current article includes an analysis of interviewing in sport psychology, an observing of modern scientific interview protocols, a description of interview cases in private practice and research; also there is a discussion about efficiency and limitations of interview method in the article. Approaches to interviewing as the main and auxiliary method are discussed in details. The objective of the article is to show how an interview can reveal interesting biographical facts, personality traits, the installation of an athlete, to reflect his inner world, and to form working in the field of sport psychology professionals and students view on the advantages and opportunities an interview in the work of sports psychologist (research and practice). This method can be regarded as a tool of knowledge, but is also used as a preliminary interview before long-term or short-term therapeutic work. Clinical conversation as one of the options the interview are invited to the discussion; the article provides a common protocol for clinical interviews in the sport.

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Keywords: life trajectory, interview, qualitative methods, coping behavior, sport, stress

Journal rubric: Methods and Techniques

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OpenAlex trends: Sport Psychology and Performance, Sports Science and Education, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2017060410

Funding. This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Humanities (project № 15-36-01317 «Trajectories of the life courses in adolescence: an optimal choice model»).

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For citation: Bochaver, K.A., Bondarev, D.V., Savinkina, A.O., Dovzhik, L.M. (2017). Interview in Sport Psychology: Method of Study and Preparing an Intervention. Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 6(4), 148–167. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2017060410

© Bochaver K.A., Bondarev D.V., Savinkina A.O., Dovzhik L.M., 2017

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Konstantin A. Bochaver, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Senior Researcher, Psychology Department, HSE University, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, assistant professor at the psychology chair, head of sport psychology laboratory, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-2271, e-mail: konstantin.bochaver@gmail.com

Dmitriy V. Bondarev, PhD, researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-8898, e-mail: dmitriy.d.bondarev@jyu.fi

Alexandra O. Savinkina, researcher, Institute of Biomedical Problems of RAS, PhD student, Russian state university for physical education, sport, youth and tourism (SCOLIPE), Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-9258, e-mail: savinkina@imbp.ru

Lidiya M. Dovzhik, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Fellow Research, Sport Psychology Laboratory, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-4640, e-mail: lydia.dovzhik@gmail.com

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