Evaluating the ‘Optimal Competition Parenting Workshop’ using the RE-AIM Framework: A 4-Year Organisational Level Intervention within British Junior Tennis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Evaluating the ‘Optimal Competition Parenting Workshop’ using the RE-AIM Framework: A 4-Year Organisational Level Intervention within British Junior Tennis

AU - Thrower, Sam N.

AU - Spray, Christopher

AU - Harwood, Chris

PY - 2023/1/18

Y1 - 2023/1/18

N2 - The purpose of the current study was to utilise the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the national-level scale out of the Lawn Tennis Association’s ‘Optimal Competition Parenting Workshop’ across a 4-year period. During 2018, 65 workshops were run across the United Kingdom, 1043 parents registered, and 933 parents attended. Adopting a quasi-experimental design, multilevel analyses revealed significant increases in parents’ (n = 130) task goal orientation and competition tennis parenting efficacy, as well as significant decreases in ego goal orientation and unpleasant emotions. Children’s perceptions of both mother and father-initiated ego involving motivational climate and their own ego goal orientation significantly decreased across time. From 2019 to 2021, a further 64 workshops were delivered to 1110 parents with no significant differences in parents’ satisfaction, enjoyment, instructor evaluation, or transfer intention over time. Overall, the OCPW represents a well-received, practical, and effective brief intervention for enhancing parental involvement in junior tennis.

AB - The purpose of the current study was to utilise the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the national-level scale out of the Lawn Tennis Association’s ‘Optimal Competition Parenting Workshop’ across a 4-year period. During 2018, 65 workshops were run across the United Kingdom, 1043 parents registered, and 933 parents attended. Adopting a quasi-experimental design, multilevel analyses revealed significant increases in parents’ (n = 130) task goal orientation and competition tennis parenting efficacy, as well as significant decreases in ego goal orientation and unpleasant emotions. Children’s perceptions of both mother and father-initiated ego involving motivational climate and their own ego goal orientation significantly decreased across time. From 2019 to 2021, a further 64 workshops were delivered to 1110 parents with no significant differences in parents’ satisfaction, enjoyment, instructor evaluation, or transfer intention over time. Overall, the OCPW represents a well-received, practical, and effective brief intervention for enhancing parental involvement in junior tennis.

KW - Youth Sport, Sport Parenting, Achievement Goals, Motivational Climate

M3 - Article

SN - 1533-1571

JO - Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

JF - Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

ER -