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SPORTING IDENTITY [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
CONT

[Athletes] with a very strong sporting identity may perceive their removal from sporting activity threatening to their sense of self and well-being. These athletes have been found to experience loss of self-esteem and depression and this is exacerbated by being withdrawn from the sporting environment for a long period of time, or when the athlete feels a lack of progress in their recovery ...

CONT

Identity crises experienced upon career termination due to the loss of a sporting identity are particularly common when athletes fail to develop an identity outside of sport ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
CONT

Le sportif a la particularité d'avoir construit son identité sur son projet sportif depuis l'enfance et a donc créé des repères différents des jeunes ordinaires. [...] À la retraite, le sportif perd ses repères habituels et doit se créer une nouvelle identité qui peut être difficile à établir. [...] Le processus de transition peut prendre du temps en fonction de l'identité sportive, de la capacité à s’en créer une autre et à être dans l'acceptation du «deuil» de son ancienne identité.

Spanish

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