Navigating Athletic Identity, Retirement Transitions, and Self-Discovery
Exiting the Arena
1st Edition
Published on 17. April 2024
234 pages
978-1-6669-2982-9 (ISBN)
Description
Choice 2025 Outstanding Academic Title
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-6669-2982-9 (9781666929829)
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Gary Senecal | Christian Williams
Navigating Athletic Identity, Retirement Transitions, and Self-Discovery
Exiting the Arena
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04/2024
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Persons
Gary Senecal is assistant professor in the Department of Health & Human Services at Assumption University.
Content
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
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
