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Beyond Health and Happiness : An Exploratory Study Into the Relationship Between Craftsmanship and Meaningfulness of Sport

Year of publication

2021

Authors

Ronkainen, Noora J.; McDougall, Michael; Tikkanen, Olli; Feddersen, Niels; Tahtinen, Richard

Abstract

Meaning in movement is an enduring topic in sport social sciences, but few studies have explored how sport is meaningful and for whom. The authors examined the relationships between demographic variables, meaningfulness of sport, and craftsmanship. Athletes (N = 258, 61.6% male, age ≥18) from the United Kingdom completed a demographic questionnaire, the Work and Meaning Inventory modified for sport, and the Craftsmanship Scale. Older age and individual sport significantly correlated with higher craftsmanship. Craftsmanship and religion were two independent predictors of meaningfulness, but emphasized somewhat different meaning dimensions. Meaningfulness in sport seems to be related to how athletes approach their craft, as well as their overall framework of life meaning.
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Organizations and authors

University of Jyväskylä

Ronkainen Noora

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Journal

Article type

Original article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Publication channel information

Volume

38

Issue

4

Pages

345-354

​Publication forum

67340

​Publication forum level

2

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

No

Self-archived

Yes

Other information

Fields of science

Sport and fitness sciences; Sociology; Psychology

Keywords

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Publication country

United States

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

Yes

Co-publication with a company

No

DOI

10.1123/ssj.2020-0047

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes