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Katherine A. Tamminen

Researcher at University of Toronto

Publications -  97
Citations -  2716

Katherine A. Tamminen is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Athletes & Coping (psychology). The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 84 publications receiving 2071 citations. Previous affiliations of Katherine A. Tamminen include University of Alberta & University of British Columbia.

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Parental involvement in competitive youth sport settings.

TL;DR: In this article, parents' verbal reactions to their children's sport performance behaviors were placed on a continuum moving from more supportive to more controlling comments, categorized as praise/encouragement, performance contingent feedback, instruction, striking a balance, negative comments, and derogatory comments.
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Youth sport parenting styles and practices

TL;DR: Findings reveal information about the multiple social interactions associated with youth sport parenting and some parenting practices varied across different situations.
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An interpretive analysis of life skills associated with sport participation

TL;DR: The authors examined how people may learn life skills through their involvement in regular competitive sport programs and found that social interactions were central to how people learned life skills, while sport itself did not teach life skills.