Standing on the ice: experiences of women national ice hockey players in Turkey

IF 1.2 Q3 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Physical Culture and Sport Studies and Research Pub Date : 2021-01-29 DOI:10.2478/pcssr-2021-0005

Sena Nur Doğusan, F. Koçak

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Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine within the framework of symbolic interaction theory and field theory how women national ice hockey players understand ice hockey through their experiences. Semi-structured interviews were used to understand the experiences of 21 ice hockey players from the Turkish women’s national team, and themes were developed from the data using the thematic analysis methods. A total of three main themes and two sub-themes were created after the analysis. In this context, three main themes related to the theoretical framework were established: “Symbolic Meanings: A Strong Ice Hockey Player,” “Ice Hockey As a Life Space,” and “A Hard Fight On the Ice.” In addition, under the main theme of “Ice Hockey As a Life Space” are two sub-themes: “World of Emotions” and “Constraints.” Ice hockey is perceived by women players as a living space that expresses a firm stance towards life. Despite the presence of traces of the concept of gender, ice hockey is not seen as a fully gendered area by Turkish players. In general, women players reported the lack of financial and social support as limiting factors for participation in ice hockey, while moral support and high motivation were supporting factors.

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站在冰上:土耳其女子国家冰球运动员的经历

摘要本研究的目的是在符号互动理论和场理论的框架下，探讨国家女子冰球运动员是如何通过自身经历来理解冰球运动的。采用半结构化访谈的方法，对土耳其女子国家队21名冰球运动员的经历进行了了解，并采用主题分析方法从数据中开发主题。分析后共创建了三个主题和两个副主题。在此背景下，建立了与理论框架相关的三个主题:“象征意义:一个强大的冰球运动员”，“冰球作为一种生活空间”和“冰上的一场艰苦的战斗”。此外，在“冰球作为一个生活空间”的主题下，还有两个副主题:“情感的世界”和“约束”。冰球被女性球员视为一种生活空间，表达了对生活的坚定立场。尽管存在性别概念的痕迹，但在土耳其球员看来，冰球并不是一个完全性别化的领域。总的来说，女性运动员报告缺乏经济和社会支持是参加冰球的限制因素，而道德支持和高动机是支持因素。

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