Forced Retirement: The Effects of Ending Participation in Elite Collegiate Sport

dc.contributor.advisor Brinthaupt, Tom
dc.contributor.author Murray, Erynn Ashley
dc.contributor.committeemember Pennington, John
dc.contributor.department Psychology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-04T20:15:24Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-04T20:15:24Z
dc.date.issued 2017-04-06
dc.description.abstract Every elite intercollegiate student-athlete will face a forced retirement upon the ending of their NCAA career eligibility. It is hypothesized that many elite athletes identify as having strong and exclusive athletic identities. Identifying strongly or solely as an athlete may potentially make transitioning out of elite formal sport extremely difficult. Limited research has been conducted on the transitional experiences of team and individual sport athletes. The following research conducts a mixed-methods approach to analyze the retirement process and experiences of elite collegiate student-athletes. These findings build a foundation to further explore elite student-athlete’s transitional experiences and creates a quantitative direction to move towards. Elite student-athletes experience transitional effects upon exit from formal sport while also using various coping mechanisms to acclimate to new identities and roles the stronger their identity is tied to athletic performance.
dc.description.abstract Keywords: forced retirement, athletic identity, transitioning, elite collegiate sport
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5411
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.subject Athletic identity
dc.subject Elite collegiate sport
dc.subject Forced retirement
dc.subject Transitioning
dc.subject.umi Experimental psychology
dc.subject.umi Health sciences
dc.subject.umi Behavioral sciences
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreelevel Masters
dc.title Forced Retirement: The Effects of Ending Participation in Elite Collegiate Sport
dc.type Thesis
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