Navigating Athletic Identity, Retirement Transitions, and Self-Discovery
Exiting the Arena
Seiten
2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2981-2 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2981-2 (ISBN)
Athletes might face a myriad of psychosocial difficulties when they retire from professional or elite level competition. This book explores the nuances of those struggles, focusing on identity reconstruction and the processing of grief related to the loss of self and sport.
There appears to be a gap in the literature when it comes to examining the role that grief and loss might play while athletes undergo the reconstruction of their identity post-sport. Navigating Athletic Identity, Retirement Transitions, and Self-Discovery: Exiting the Arena investigates the long and often studied concept of identity in athletes from the perspective of transitioning identity as a potential form of loss. Ultimately, we posit that identity transition should also be understood as a form of identity loss, and research conceptualizing the grieving process that athletes experience in that transition should be studied more deeply.
There appears to be a gap in the literature when it comes to examining the role that grief and loss might play while athletes undergo the reconstruction of their identity post-sport. Navigating Athletic Identity, Retirement Transitions, and Self-Discovery: Exiting the Arena investigates the long and often studied concept of identity in athletes from the perspective of transitioning identity as a potential form of loss. Ultimately, we posit that identity transition should also be understood as a form of identity loss, and research conceptualizing the grieving process that athletes experience in that transition should be studied more deeply.
Gary Senecal is assistant professor in the Department of Health & Human Services at Assumption University. Christian Williams is assistant professor in the Department of Health & Human Services at Assumption University.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Literature Review, Setting the Stage
Chapter 2: Original Formation of Identity
Chapter 3: Identity Foreclosure and Role Confusion in Athletic Retirement
Chapter 4: Identity Expansion
Chapter 5: Social Support in Athletic Retirement, Exploring Its Influence on Retirement and Transition Outcomes
Chapter 6: Psychosocial Experiences, Stressors, and the Layers of Grief
Chapter 7: Navigating Athletic Retirement: Insights and Implications
Bibliography
About the Authors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.04.2024 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 522 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-2981-6 / 1666929816 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-2981-2 / 9781666929812 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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