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Life Story Research in Sport - Understanding the Experiences of Elite and Professional Athletes through Narrative (Paperback)
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Life Story Research in Sport - Understanding the Experiences of Elite and Professional Athletes through Narrative (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science
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What is life really like for the elite athlete? How does the
experience of being a professional sports person differ from the
popular perceptions of fans, journalists or academics? Why might
elite sports people experience mental health difficulties away from
the public gaze? In the first book-length study of its kind,
Kitrina Douglas and David Carless present the life stories of real
elite athletes alongside careful analysis and interpretation of
those stories in order to better understand the experience of
living in sport. Drawing on psychology, sociology, counselling,
psychotherapy and narrative theory, and on narrative research in
sports as diverse as golf, track and field athletics, judo and
hockey, they explore the ways in which the culture of sport
interacts with the mental health, development, identity and life
trajectories of elite and professional sports people in highly
pressurised and sometimes unhealthy environments. By casting light
on a previously under-researched aspect of sport, the book makes a
call for strategies to be put in place to minimise difficulties or
distress for athletes, for support to be tailored across the
different life phases, and highlights the potential benefits in
terms of athlete well-being and improved performance. The book also
considers how these important issues relate to broader cultural and
social factors, and therefore represents important reading for any
student or professional with an interest in sport psychology,
coaching, sport sociology, youth sport, counselling, or exercise
and mental health.
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