Abandoning The Performance Narrative: Two Women's Stories of Transition from Professional Sport

By K. Douglas, D. Carless. 2009

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Understanding team resilience in the world's best athletes: A case study of a rugby union World Cup winning team. (2015, background): “22 Douglas and Carless (2009) suggested that narratives can “illuminate psychological processes 23 in socio-cultural contexts” (p. 213).”
A meta-study of athletic identity research in sport psychology: Current status and future directions (2016, background): “…(Sparkes, 2005) Life story interviews Douglas (2009) Identity development in elite sport Narrative analysis Participant writing (autoethnography) Douglas & Carless (2009) Athletic retirement Content analysis (Lieblich et al., 1998), Narrative analysis of structure and form (Sparkes, 2005) Life…”
Athletes' career transition out of sport: a systematic review (2013, background): “Five of those seven studies used a longitudinal design, and the results revealed that retired athletes perceived fewer transition difficulties over time (Douglas & Carless, 2009; Lally, 2007; McKenna & Thomas, 2007; Stephan et al., 2003b; Wippert & Wippert, 2008).”
A critical review of career research and assistance through the cultural lens: towards cultural praxis of athletes' careers (2014, background): “Only a few existing career studies have utilized narrative and ethnographic methodological traditions (Carless & Douglas, 2009; Douglas & Carless, 2009; Fuentes, Torregrosa, & Feliu, 2009; Henriksen, 2010), gravitating toward constructivist epistemologies.”
"In the Boat" but "Selling Myself Short": Stories, Narratives, and Identity Development in Elite Sport (2013, methodology): “…can profoundly damage long-term identity development mental health (Carless & Douglas, 2009; Douglas & Carless, 2009); (iv) elite sport culture encourages and promotes performance stories and individuals need alternative stories to resist this narrative (Douglas, 2009; Douglas & Carless, 2009).”
Narrative inquiry: ongoing conversations and questions for sport and exercise psychology research (2010, background): “…on narrative theory and stories generated in interviews conducted over a six year period with two professional golfers, Carless and Douglas (2009) explored how the stories female golfers tell throughout their lives affect their career transition experiences (see also Douglas & Carless, 2009).”
On the meaning of work: A theoretical integration and review (2010, methodology): “…meaningfulness in their work, it also suggests that it is more devastating for them to lose a job or retire from the workforce (Baillie, 1993; Douglas & Carless, 2009; Price, 2000), setting up a debate about the potential benefits and consequences of high work centrality (Douglas & Carless,…”