Identity and athletic retirement: A prospective study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Academic Center for Evidence Based Sports Medicine (ACES), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan;3. Amsterdam Collaboration for Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS), Academic Medical Center / VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;5. World Players'' Union (FIFPro), Hoofddorp, The Netherlands;6. Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;1. The School of Social and Health Sciences, Halmstad University, Box 823, 301 18, Halmstad, Sweden;2. “Mindfoqus”, Stockholm, Sweden;3. The Swedish Sports Confederation, Idrottens Hus, 114 73 Stockholm, Sweden;1. Department of Physical Education and Health, University of Botswana, Botswana;2. Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, United States;1. National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance, Research Department, Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance, 11 avenue du Tremblay, 75012 Paris, France;2. L413, Faculteit Lichamelijke Opvoeding en Kinesitherapie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 105 Brussel, Belgium;1. National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK;2. Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76203, United States |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to reexamine the relationship between identity and athletic retirement using a longitudinal, prospective design.MethodOne-on-one, in-depth interviews were conducted with three male and three female university student athletes at three times: at the outset of their last season of competition, approximately 1 month after their retirement, and approximately 1 year later. The unstructured raw data was analyzed inductively following procedures established in the literature [Côté, Salmela, Baria, & Russell (1993). Organizing and interpreting unstructured qualitative data. The Sport Psychologist, 7, 127–137; Côté, Salmela, & Russell (1995). The knowledge of high-performance gymnastic coaches: Methodological framework. The Sport Psychologist, 9, 65–75; Miller & Kerr (2002a). The athletic, academic, and social experiences of intercollegiate student-athletes. Journal of Sport Behavior, 25, 346–367].ResultsThe findings revealed the participants committed themselves strongly to their athletic goals and anticipated disrupted identities upon retirement. As a result, they employed several coping strategies including the proactive diminishment of their athletic identities prior to retirement. Decreasing the prominence of their athletic identities precluded a major identity crisis or confusion upon and following athletic retirement.ConclusionsThe study concludes that the redefinition of self long before sport career termination may protect one's identity during this transition process. |
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