Meta-ethnography

Qualitative review procedures have developed significantly over the past 30 years; meta-ethnography being one. Meta-ethnography was originally located within an interpretivist world view and aimed at reviewing small numbers of qualitative studies, often involving sample sizes. One defining features is that theory generating. Whilst healthcare literature, where particular processes are evident it suited to discipline sports exercise psychology. A notable gap in literature how meta-ethnographies honour ethnographies generation. In order apply meta-ethnographic procedures, researchers need appreciate origins techniques, be aware impact philosophical worldviews critically 7 prescribed stages. This paper seeks to; (a) provide a background area overview sport psychology, (b) identify strengths weaknesses approach, (c) justification assuming social constructivist paradigmatic meta-ethnography, (d) analysis stages with clarity for directions future application