Leaving elite sport, abandoning athletic identity? Development and predictors of athletic identity post-retirement
Michael J. Schmid,
Helena Hlasová,
Noora J. Ronkainen
et al.
Abstract:The purpose of this study was to examine how athletic identity develops beyond a career in elite sport and which factors contribute to this development. A two-wave 12-year longitudinal survey of 290 Swiss elite athletes (Mage = 36.8 years at t2; 32.8% women, 67.2% men; 63% individual sports, 37% team sports athletes) was conducted during (t1) and after their career (t2). Multilevel models revealed that athletic identity was high at t1 and decreased over time. However, there was considerable heterogeneity acros… Show more
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