- Title
- Forced retirement transition : a narrative case study of an elite Australian Rules football player
- Creator
- Demetriou, Andreas; Jago, Andrew; Gill, Peter; Mesagno, Christopher; Ali, Lutfiye
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/174431
- Identifier
- vital:14815
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2018.1519839
- Identifier
- ISBN:1612-197X (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Retirement from elite sport is a complex and often-problematic process. The current study explores a negative case study of an athlete recently retired from a team sport (Australian Rules Football) in order to generate knowledge on how to improve the retirement process. Three semi-structured interviews were undertaken less than 5 years post retirement, and archival career records were gathered from online sources. Data were coded to construct a narrative account of the participant’s career and retirement. Narrative analysis also revealed that the retirement transition from elite sports for this athlete was problematic and caused considerable personal distress. We suggest that the means of improving retirement transition and reducing harm to players include fostering alternative life narratives and increasing self-complexity, utilising norm appropriate communication strategies, and recognising retirement as a potential grieving period for loss of community. © 2018, © 2018 International Society of Sport Psychology.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Inc.
- Relation
- International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology Vol. 18, no. 3 (2020), p. 321-335
- Rights
- Metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 International Society of Sport Psychology
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Athlete; Case study; Forced retirement; Narrative; Retirement transition
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