Culturally Competent Sport Social Work:
A Practice Perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33043/q4722a6cKeywords:
cultural competence, sport social work, student-athlete, health and well-beingAbstract
The current discussion explores and advocates for the integration of cultural competency into sport social work practice. Cultural competency in sport social work provides a philosophical viewpoint that is rooted in theory and offers a framework for working with diverse populations within the athletic context. Cultural competence enhances sport social work practice by promoting understanding, effective communication, tailored interventions, equity, and social justice within the diverse landscape of sports.
Downloads
References
Bennett, M.D. (2022) Adverse Childhood Experiences and Student-Athlete Mental Health: A social work in sports perspective. Sport Social Work Journal 2(1) 77-85.
Bennett, M. (2023). When the game stands tall: Social work in an athletic context. Sport Social Work Journal, 3(1), 32-49.
Cooper, J. N., Newton, A. C., Klein, M., & Jolly, S. (2020). A call for culturally responsive transformational leadership in college sport: An anti-ism approach for achieving equity and inclusion. Frontiers in Sociology, 5, 65.
Cooper, J. N., Nwadike, A., & Macaulay, C. (2017). A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Big-Time College Sports: Implications for Culturally Responsive and Race-Conscious Sport Leadership. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics.
Davis, T. (1994). The myth of the super-spade: The persistence of racism in college athletics. Fordham Urban. Law Journal, 22, 615.
Fink, J. S., Pastore, D. L., & Riemer, H. A. (2001). Do differences make a difference? Managing diversity in Division IA intercollegiate athletics. Journal of Sport Management, 15(1), 10-50.
Harrison Jr, L., Harrison, C. K., & Moore, L. N. (2002). African American racial identity and sport. Sport, Education and Society, 7(2), 121-133.
Howe, J. (2020). Manifestations of athletic identity in Black male collegiate student-athletes: Introduction of a model. Journal of Amateur Sport, 6(2), 107-135.
Marsiglia, F. F., Kulis, S. S., & Lechuga-Peña, S. (2021). Diversity, oppression, and change: Culturally grounded social work. Oxford University Press, USA.
Moskowitz, G. B., & Carter, D. (2018). Confirmation bias and the stereotype of the black athlete. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 36, 139-146.
Newman, T. J., Magier, E., Okamoto, K., Kimiecik, C., Shute, L., Beasley, L., & Tucker, A. R. (2022). Social work in sport: Playmakers in the athletic arena. Journal of Social Work, 22(3), 692-714.
Oshiro, K. F., Weems, A. J., & Singer, J. N. (2021). Cyber racism toward black athletes: A critical race analysis of TexAgs.com online brand community. Communication & Sport, 9(6), 911-933.
Schmid, J., Morgenshtern, M., & Turton, Y. (2022). Contextualized social work education: A critical understanding of the local. Journal of Social Work Education, 58(4), 719-732.
Shaw, A. A., Moiseichik, M., Blunt-Vinti, H., & Stokowski, S. (2019). Measuring racial competence in athletic academic support staff members. Sociology of Sport Journal, 36(2), 162-170.
Simiyu, Wycliffe W. Njororai, "Challenges of Being a Black Student Athlete on U.S. College Campuses" (2012). Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 9. http://hdl.handle.net/10950/485
Smikle, T., & Trussell, D. E. (2024). Racism and black male student-athlete experiences in a Canadian University. Leisure/loisir, 1-20.
Stensland, P. J., Brown, C. M., & Cintron, A. M. (2022). We are not who we thought we were: A case study of race in intercollegiate athletics. Sport Management Education Journal, 16(1), 105-115.
Whitehead, P. M., & Senecal, G. (2020). Balance and mental health in NCAA Division I student-athletes: An existential humanistic view. The Humanistic Psychologist, 48(2), 150.
Wilkerson, T. A., Stokowski, S., Fridley, A., Dittmore, S. W., & Bell, C. A. (2020). Black Football Student-Athletes' Perceived Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 M Daniel Bennett
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
