Title: Narrative-collaborative group coaching develops social capital – a randomised control trial and further implications of the social impact of the intervention
Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of narrative-collaborative group coaching on career development, self-reflection and the general functioning of young sports talents with the goal of achieving integration of their sports careers, educational demands and private lives. The intervention was based on a narrative-collaborative approach, with the intention of inviting the participants to share with and learn from each other. The randomised control design was based on 77 participants (questionnaire measuring recovery/stress, motivation and action control). A qualitative interview study included six participants. The group-coaching intervention had a significant effect on the scores for social recovery and general well-being. The qualitative study showed that group-coaching participants valued the shared process of meaning-making as especially valuable. Narrative-collaborative group coaching can be understood as a community psychological intervention that helps to support the development of durable social networks and the increase of social capital. Keywords: group coachingnarrative coachingcollaborative practicesocial constructionismappreciative inquirysocial capitalcommunity psychologyrandomised control studyqualitative researchtalent development Acknowledgements Thanks to all participants of the six group-coaching groups, to Lotte Møller, Shereen Horami, Morten Bertelsen as my coaching colleagues, to Anne-Marie Elbe for her expertise in the assessment questionnaires, to headmistress Kirsten Cornelius and head teacher Christina Teller, Falkonergårdens Gymnasium, Frederiksberg/Copenhagen,to Marianne Brandt-Hansen and Daniel Hundahl for their administrative support, to charted psychologist and supervisor Mette Amtoft, to the now former master students Thomas Behrens and Lene Gilkrog for their contribution to the qualitative study, and finally to Team Danmark, the Danish elite sport organization who financed the project.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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