dc.contributor.author | Ronkainen, Noora Johanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Watkins, Irina | |
dc.contributor.author | Ryba, Tatiana V. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-23T06:39:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-20T21:45:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ronkainen, N. J., Watkins, I., & Ryba, T. V. (2016). What can gender tell us about the pre-retirement experiences of elite distance runners in Finland?: A thematic narrative analysis. <i>Psychology of Sport and Exercise</i>, <i>22</i>(1), 37-45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.06.003" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.06.003</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_24801359 | |
dc.identifier.other | TUTKAID_66648 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/48887 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives
This study explores gendered experiences of the mastery stage in endurance runners' athletic careers in terms of (a) key themes in this period of life, (b) retirement decision-making and (c) changes in athletic and runner identities.
Design and method
Ten male and nine female athletes aged between 25 and 62 participated in individual interviews. The data were analyzed via thematic narrative analysis.
Results and conclusion
Gendered meanings permeate career decision-making and retirement patterns of Finnish runners. Female athletes reported many difficulties, including health problems, loneliness, societal pressure and lack of social support during the final years of their careers. These aspects were important reasons for them to start considering retirement from sport. Male athletes reported less social pressure and suggested that friendship in sport was a major reason for postponing retirement. Male athletes expressed more interest for coaching others, wherein women perceived themselves as incompetent and/or lacked time and interest for it. Running remained important for the majority of athletes after retirement and they anticipated or had continued regular running post-retirement. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV; European Federation of Sport Psychology | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Psychology of Sport and Exercise | |
dc.rights | In Copyright | |
dc.subject.other | Athletic retirement | |
dc.subject.other | Career transitions | |
dc.subject.other | Cultural praxis | |
dc.subject.other | Identity | |
dc.subject.other | Narrative inquiry | |
dc.title | What can gender tell us about the pre-retirement experiences of elite distance runners in Finland?: A thematic narrative analysis | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201602221640 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Psykologian laitos | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Department of Psychology | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Psykologia | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Psychology | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-22T10:15:03Z | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.format.pagerange | 37-45 | |
dc.relation.issn | 1469-0292 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 1 | |
dc.relation.volume | 22 | |
dc.type.version | acceptedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Elsevier. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher. | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | |
dc.format.content | fulltext | |
dc.rights.url | https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.relation.doi | 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.06.003 | |
dc.type.okm | A1 | |