University of Worcester Worcester Research and Publications
 
  USER PANEL:
  ABOUT THE COLLECTION:
  CONTACT DETAILS:

Are Career Termination Concerns Only for Athletes? A Case Study of the Career Termination of an Elite Female Coach

Kenttä, G., Mellalieu, S.D. and Roberts, Claire-Marie (2016) Are Career Termination Concerns Only for Athletes? A Case Study of the Career Termination of an Elite Female Coach. The Sport Psychologist, 30 (4). pp. 314-326. ISSN 0888-4781 Online: 1543-2793

[img]
Preview
Text (As accepted for publication)
TSP-2015-0134 R1_Clean.pdf - Accepted Version

Download (519kB) | Preview

Abstract

This paper presents a case study of an elite female coach and her career termination from a 20+ year career following a critical life incident. A novel autobiographical approach was adopted whereby the participant undertook expressive writing to describe her experiences prior to, during, and following coaching an athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Thematic analysis indicated seven phases related to the participant’s experiences of the critical incident: Build up to the event, the event, the aftermath, recovery and reflection on the event, sampling of new avenues, enlightenment, and career re-birth. The findings reinforce the high demands placed upon elite coaches, the subsequent threats to physical and mental well-being, and the importance of having robust psychological skills and suitable social support to cope with these demands. Implications for preparing and supporting coaches for successful career transition are discussed.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information:

Staff and students at the University of Worcester can access the full-text via the UW online library search. External users should check availability with their local library or Interlibrary Requests Service.

Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: career termination, coaches, critical life incident, social support, expressive writing
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Sport and Exercise Science
Related URLs:
Depositing User: Claire-Marie Roberts
Date Deposited: 04 Jul 2016 10:12
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 17:11
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4579

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item
 
     
Worcester Research and Publications is powered by EPrints 3 which is developed by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. More information and software credits.