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"It's Allowing Space for Vulnerability": Exploring Athletes' Experiences With Trust in Interdependent Sport
Cailie S McGuire1, Mark A Eys2, Lori Dithurbide3
1School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
|January 28, 2025
Summary
Athletes experience trust in sport through vulnerability, influenced by motives, risk, and perceptions of trustworthiness. This trust development impacts team performance and satisfaction, reinforcing or undermining relationships based on outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sport Science
- Sociology
Background:
- Trust is linked to positive outcomes in high-performing teams, including satisfaction and performance.
- Research on the specific meaning and development of trust within sport contexts is limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore athletes' experiences of trust.
- To understand the necessity of trust for beneficial outcomes in sport teams.
- To investigate the mechanisms underlying trust development in athletes.
Main Methods:
- Employed a critical realist approach to reflexive thematic analysis.
- Conducted individual semistructured interviews with Canadian U Sports athletes (N = 13).
Main Results:
- Athletes perceive vulnerability as central to trust, influenced by precursors like motive and risk.
- Facilitators of trust include willingness to trust, perceived trustworthiness, and environmental factors.
- Outcomes of trusting relationships (benefits or drawbacks) either reinforce or undermine trust.
Conclusions:
- Trust development in sport is a complex process involving vulnerability, precursors, facilitators, and outcomes.
- Findings offer theoretical advancements for understanding trust in sport.
- Practical implications for enhancing trust and team dynamics in athletic environments are provided.
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