So called athletic identity, incompatible with reality: Static identity structure, status transitions and health behaviour dynamics in student athletes
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2021
Yazarlar: Berkcan BOZ, Olcay KİREMİTCİ
Sportis. Scientific Journal of School Sport, Physical Education and Psychomotricity, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), 2021, cilt 7, ss 67-90
DOI: 10.17979/sportis.2021.7.1.6918
Özet
The aim of the present study is to examine the athletic identity, status transitions and health-related behavioral dynamics of student athletes. Descriptive survey model was used and 398 individuals participated in the present study. Data was collected by Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), information form, ranking and closed-ended qualitative questions. According to findings, it was found that the students' downright transitions increased in processes. On the contrary, ANOVA analyses show no differences in athletic identity scores according to grade levels (p>.05). An increase was seen in maladaptive health behaviors (p<.05). Additionally, maladaptive health behaviors increase after sport termination and beginning of university. It was concluded as a result of the study that individuals' acceptance of athletic identity becomes continuous in spite of the changes in their sport participation status; however, health behaviors are not compatible with the continuity of athletic identity.