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O'Neil, Adam Michael.

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Conceptualizing Mastery: A Thematic Analysis of the Long Term Pursuit Towards Performance Excellence.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Conceptualizing Mastery: A Thematic Analysis of the Long Term Pursuit Towards Performance Excellence./
Author:	O'Neil, Adam Michael.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	284 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-04(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International80-04B(E).
Subject:	Clinical psychology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13422181
ISBN:	9780438720466

Conceptualizing Mastery: A Thematic Analysis of the Long Term Pursuit Towards Performance Excellence.
O'Neil, Adam Michael.

Conceptualizing Mastery: A Thematic Analysis of the Long Term Pursuit Towards Performance Excellence. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 284 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-04(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fielding Graduate University, 2019.

While current theories of expertise (e.g., Ericsson & Charness, 1994) offer important insights in the empirical study of training habits and exceptional performance outcomes (e.g., peak experiences), they do not adequately explain how personality variables (e.g., interpersonal disposition, identification with one's performance discipline) and training-supportive practices (e.g., self-care practices, multidimensional skill development efforts) factor into the consistent pursuit of excellence, well after expertise has been attained, a phenomenon commonly referred to as "mastery" (Leonard, 1992). However, the term mastery in the extant literature of both clinical and performance psychology has been widely used and thus, mastery now connotes various meanings. Operating from an interpretivist/constructivist epistemological stance, the purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of 13 participants who have committed themselves to the pursuit of excellence in a performance discipline over multiple decades. This qualitative study employed Braun and Clarke's (2006) thematic analysis method with transcriptions of audio-recorded interviews retrieved from a podcast entitled Finding Mastery: Conversations with Michael Gervais. Eleven central themes were identified: (a) skill development, which included (a1) technical skills, (a2) mental skills, (a3) emotional skills, and (a4) relationship skills; (b) constant treadmill of striving; (c) self-care practices; (d) persistent personal identification with discipline; (e) disposition toward psychological flexibility; (f) efforts directed at benefiting others; and (h) subjective definitions of mastery. Each of these central themes comprised supporting themes, which provided further clarity and insight into the lived experiences of a sample of performers who have spent, on average, over 33 years of their lives devoted to performance excellence. Clinical implications, strengths and limitations of the study, and future research recommendations are addressed.

ISBN: 9780438720466Subjects--Topical Terms:

524863
Clinical psychology.

Conceptualizing Mastery: A Thematic Analysis of the Long Term Pursuit Towards Performance Excellence.
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