ABSTRACT

Qualitative review procedures have developed significantly over the past 30 years; meta-ethnography being one. Meta-ethnography was originally located within an interpretivist world view and aimed at reviewing small numbers of qualitative studies, often involving small sample sizes. One of the defining features of meta-ethnography is that of theory generating. Whilst developed within healthcare literature, where particular procedures and processes are evident it is suited to the discipline of sports and exercise psychology. A notable gap in the healthcare literature is how meta-ethnographies honour ethnographies honour the theory generation. In order to apply the meta-ethnographic procedures, researchers need to appreciate the origins of the techniques, be aware of the impact of philosophical worldviews and critically appreciate the 7 prescribed stages. This paper seeks to; (a) provide a background to the area and overview of past meta-ethnographies within sport and exercise psychology, (b) identify the strengths and weaknesses of the approach, (c) provide a justification of assuming a social constructivist paradigmatic view to meta-ethnography, (d) provide an analysis of the 7 stages with clarity for a social constructivist and (c) provide directions for future application of meta-ethnography in sports and exercise psychology.

摘要

在过去的 30 年中，定性审查程序取得了长足的发展；元民族志就是其中之一。元民族志最初位于解释主义世界观中，旨在审查少量定性研究，通常涉及小样本量。元民族志的定义特征之一是理论生成。虽然它是在医疗保健文献中发展起来的，但在特定程序和过程很明显的情况下，它适用于运动和运动心理学学科。医疗保健文献中的一个显着差距是元民族志如何尊重民族志，以纪念理论的产生。为了应用元民族志程序，研究人员需要了解这些技术的起源，意识到哲学世界观的影响，并批判性地理解 7 个规定的阶段。本文旨在；(a) 提供该领域的背景和对过去在运动和锻炼心理学中的元民族志研究的概述，(b) 确定该方法的优缺点，(c) 为假设社会建构主义范式观点对元-民族志，(d) 为社会建构主义者清晰地分析了 7 个阶段，(c) 为元民族志在运动和锻炼心理学中的未来应用提供了方向。