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dc.contributor.authorRyba, Tatiana V.
dc.contributor.authorWiltshire, Gareth
dc.contributor.authorNorth, Julian
dc.contributor.authorRonkainen, Noora J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-09T07:27:03Z
dc.date.available2020-10-09T07:27:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationRyba, T. V., Wiltshire, G., North, J., & Ronkainen, N. J. (2022). Developing mixed methods research in sport and exercise psychology : potential contributions of a critical realist perspective. <i>International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology</i>, <i>20</i>(1), 147-167. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2020.1827002" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2020.1827002</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_42397445
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/72081
dc.description.abstractNotwithstanding diverse opinions and debates about mixing methods, mixed methods research (MMR) is increasingly being used in sport and exercise psychology. In this paper, we describe MMR trends within leading sport and exercise psychology journals and explore critical realism as a possible underpinning framework for conducting MMR. Our meta-study of recent empirical mixed methods studies published in 2017–2019 indicates that eight (36%) of the 22 MMR studies explicitly stated a paradigmatic position (five drew on pragmatism, two switched paradigms between qualitative and quantitative elements of the study, and one was situated in relativist-interpretivism). The remaining 14 (64%) studies did not report their underpinning research philosophical assumptions. Evaluating the merits and limitations of these positions against critical realist assumptions suggests that several paradigmatic disagreements are potentially reconcilable. These include (a) maintaining that ontological and epistemological concerns are important for methodological integrity of a mixed methods study; (b) switching between paradigms in the same study is problematic; and (c) refuting the qualitative-quantitative incommensurability thesis, therefore allowing mixed methods research without compromising philosophical coherence. From a critical realist position, we suggest that both quantitative and qualitative designs are justifiable in a mixed methods study because (1) they help corroborate, refine, or refute plausible explanations of phenomena (epistemological), but (2) with different methodologies utilised to perform different tasks in the same research design related to different psycho-social system features (ontological). We call for a collaborative engagement by researchers across paradigmatic positions to work towards the advancement of methodological pluralism in our research community.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subject.othermixed methods
dc.subject.othermethodological integrity
dc.subject.othermethodological pluralism
dc.subject.otherresearch philosophy
dc.subject.othermeta-theory
dc.subject.othercritical realism
dc.titleDeveloping mixed methods research in sport and exercise psychology : potential contributions of a critical realist perspective
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202010096136
dc.contributor.laitosPsykologian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Psychologyen
dc.contributor.oppiainePsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiainePsychologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange147-167
dc.relation.issn1612-197X
dc.relation.numberinseries1
dc.relation.volume20
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.relation.grantnumberOKM/39/626/2017
dc.subject.ysokriittinen realismi
dc.subject.ysotutkimusmenetelmät
dc.subject.ysometodologia
dc.subject.ysotieteenteoria
dc.subject.ysoliikuntapsykologia
dc.format.contentfulltext
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dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1080/1612197X.2020.1827002
dc.relation.funderMinistry of Education and Cultureen
dc.relation.funderOpetus- ja kulttuuriministeriöfi
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