When the final whistle blows: Social identity pathways support mental health and life satisfaction after retirement from competitive sport Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
For many athletes, retirement from higher levels of competitive sport poses significant challenges. Research has shown that athletic identity is a key predictor of adjustment trajectories, but the mechanisms through which this affects outcomes are less clear. Added to this, there has been limited research on the role that wider social identities, and the resources they enable, play in adjustment. Addressing both these issues, we examined ...