The aim of this meta-study is to provide a critical synthesis of qualitative research on athletic
identity in sport psychology. A total of 108 empirical studies were identified, including 63 …

Objectives The dominant role-based conceptualisations of athletic identity have recently
been challenged in favour of theoretical perspectives that view identity as a complex cultural …

The aim of this book is to demystify discursive psychology (DP): from the theoretical
principles on which it is based, to the method of how to 'do'DP and use it in different ways. It …

Objectives Increasingly, athletes are expected to undertake tertiary education
contemporaneously with their sporting careers. However, to do so may prove difficult and …

Scholars long have been perplexed with how groups of people navigate change. Due to
time demands and high levels of athlete identity, college athletes often struggle adapting to …

Athletes' stories about their experiences in elite sport inevitably evoke the notion of meaning,
a concept, which has appeared in many shapes and forms within sport psychology …

Objectives Qualitative research on physically active mothers has shown that recreational
sport may allow women to resist good mother ideals that often constrain exercise. The …

Background The transition out of elite sport can be distressing and many athletes
experience a range of transition difficulties. However, the socio-cultural and discursive …

Objectives The objectives of this paper are to trace the discourses through which female
Greek judokas articulate their sporting experiences and to explore how they construct their …

Background: Retirement from elite sport is a unique transition that influences significant
identity, body, and lifestyle changes. This mixed-studies systematic literature review reports …