Athletic Identity in Marathon Runners: Functional Focus or Dysfunctional Commitment?

By Robert S. Horton, D. Mack. 2000

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Citations in the corpus

• Changes in Athletic Identity Following Team Selection: Self-Protection versus Self-Enhancement (2004, unknown): “…adjustment/coping during career transitions (Brewer, 1993; Brown, Glastetter-Fender, & Shelton, 2000; Cornelius, 1995; Green & Weinberg, 2001; Grove, Lavallee, & Gordon, 1997; Horton & Mack, 2000; Melnick, Miller, Sabo, Farrell, & Barnes, 2001; Sparkes, 1998; Webb, Nasco, Riley, & Headrick, 1998).”
• The effects of sport participation on student-athletes' and non-athlete students' social life and identity. (2010, unknown): “…athletic performance, global self-esteem, development of social relationships and confidence (Anderson & Cychosz, 1990; Brewer et al. 1993; Horton & Mack, 2000; Marsh, Perry, Horsely, & Roche, 1995; Petitpas, 1978; Porat, Lufi, & Tnebaum, 1989), which are all identified as core benefits…”
• A meta-study of athletic identity research in sport psychology: Current status and future directions (2016, background): “Athletes with strong but not exclusive athletic identity have been reported to have higher sport commitment (Horton & Mack, 2000) and increased motivation (Brewer et al., 1993), but a strong and exclusive athletic identity has been associated with eating disorders (Voelker et al., 2014) and career…”
• Perceived Determinants of Identification with the Athlete Role Among Elite Competitors (2007, background): “Athletic identity has been empirically linked to exercise involvement (Anderson, 2004) and to greater experience of positive psychological consequences of training such as enhanced body image, increased self-confidence, and decreased anxiety (Horton & Mack, 2000).”