Our Publications
Black, D. E. (2008). Long Term Athlete Development: Perceptions of Parents, Coaches and Athletes. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Alberta. Edmonton.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Black D. E. & Holt, N. L. (accepted). Long Term Athlete Development in Ski Racing: Perceptions and Coaches and Parents.International Journal of Sport Science and Coaching.
Holt, N. L., Tamminen, K. A., Tink, L. N., & Black D. E. (in press). An interpretive analysis of life skills associated with sport participation. Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise.
Holt, N. L., Tamminen, K. A., Black D. E., Mandigo, J. L., & Fox, K. R. (2009). Youth sport parenting styles and practices.Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31, 37-59.
Holt, N. L., Black D. E., Tamminen, K. A., Mandigo, J. L., & Fox, K. R. (2008). Levels of social complexity and dimensions of peer experience in youth sport. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30, 411-43.
REFEREED PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Holt, N. L., & Black D. E. (2007). Parenting styles and specific parenting strategies in youth sport. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 29,S170.
Holt, N. L., Black D. E., & Tamminen, K. A. (2007). Rules for parents in youth sport? Opinions of children and their parents.Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 29, S170.
Holt, N. L., Spence, J. C., Sehn, Z. L., Black D. E., Moylan, B., & Tamminen, K. A. (2006). Children’s mental representations of play and physical activity resources in their neighbourhoods. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 28, S86.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT REFEREED CONFERENCES
Black D. E., & Holt, N. L. (2008, November). Participant’s experiences within the Learning to Train stage of the Long Term Athlete Development program. Poster presentation at Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology Conference(SCAPPS) Conference. Canmore, AB.
Holt, N. L., Black D. E., Tamminen, K. A., Fox, K. R., & Mandigo, J. L. (2008, June). Peer group experiences in youth sport settings. Symposium paper at International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Conference. Banff, AB.
Holt, N. L., Black D. E., Tamminen, K. A., Fox, K. R., & Mandigo, J. L. (2007). Orders of social complexity and early adolescent females’ peer experiences in sport. Presentation at SCAPPS conference, Windsor, ON.
Black D. E., Tamminen, K. A., & Holt, N. L. (2007, September). Ethnographic data collection with girls soccer teams. Paper presented at Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference, Banff, AB.
Holt, N. L., & Black D. E. (2007, June). Parenting styles and specific parenting strategies in youth sport. Poster presented at North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) Conference, San Diego, CA.
Holt, N. L., Black D. E., & Tamminen, K. A. (2007, June). Rules for parents in youth sport? Opinions of children and their parents. Poster presented at NASPSPA Conference, San Diego, CA.
Holt, N. L., Tamminen, K. A., Sehn, Z. L., & Black D. E. (2006, November). Parental communication during youth soccer games.Paper presented at SCAPPS Conference, Halifax, NS.
Holt, N. L., Black D. E., & Tink, L. (2006, October). Do athletes learn life skills through sport? Paper presented at Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) Conference, Miami, FL.
Holt, N. L., Spence, J. C., Sehn, Z. L., Black D. E., Moylan, B., & Tamminen, K. A. (2006). Children’s mental representations of play and physical activity resources in their neighbourhoods. Poster presentation at NASPSPA Conference, Denver, CO.
Holt, N. L., Tamminen, K. A., Sehn, Z. L. & Black D. E. (2006, April). Covert data collection in ethnography. Paper presented at Qualitative Health Research Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.

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