دورية أكاديمية
"I'm more than my sport": Exploring the dynamic processes of identity change in athletic retirement.
العنوان: | "I'm more than my sport": Exploring the dynamic processes of identity change in athletic retirement. |
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المؤلفون: | Haslam C; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: c.haslam@uq.edu.au., McAulay C; School of Education, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia., Cooper D; The Mind Room, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Mertens N; Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Coffee P; Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, UK., Hartley C; Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK., Young T; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia., La Rue CJ; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia., Haslam SA; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia., Steffens NK; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia., Cruwys T; School of Medicine and Psychology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia., Bentley SV; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia., Mallett CJ; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia., McGregor M; Institute for Social Neuroscience, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia., Williams D; Institute for Social Neuroscience, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia., Fransen K; Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. |
المصدر: | Psychology of sport and exercise [Psychol Sport Exerc] 2024 Jul; Vol. 73, pp. 102640. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 05. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 101088724 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1878-5476 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18785476 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Sport Exerc Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: [Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Retirement*/psychology , Social Identification* , Athletes*/psychology , Qualitative Research*, Humans ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Self Concept ; Adult ; Athletic Performance/psychology ; Aged ; Sports/psychology |
مستخلص: | Retirement is one of the most impactful career transitions athletes face. Researchers recognise the role that athletic identity plays in this, but analysis of identity content and change processes is limited. Addressing this gap, we conducted a qualitative study exploring the experience of identity change in 21 competitive and successful elite athletes who had retired from sport. All participated in a one-session psychoeducational program that explored the challenges of transitioning out of sport before being interviewed about their understanding of identity in sport, and their experiences negotiating identity loss and change in retirement. Using reflexive thematic analysis, we identified three themes: (i) the role of identity and self-categorizations in shaping sport performance, (ii) adjusting to identity loss (with subthemes indicating that this experience varied depending on the extent to which a person had multiple or exclusive identities), and (iii) attempts to remoor identity in the transition (with subthemes of searching for a new identity and actively repurposing identity). We interpret these themes through the lens of the Social Identity Model of Identity Change and show that this provides a framework for extending our understanding the complexities of identity change associated with retirement from elite sport. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.) |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Athletic identity; Elite sport retirement; Identity management; Social identity model of identity change |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240407 Date Completed: 20240530 Latest Revision: 20240814 |
رمز التحديث: | 20240815 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102640 |
PMID: | 38583792 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1878-5476 |
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DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102640 |