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dc.contributor.authorBottomley, Jenny N.-
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T15:36:48Z-
dc.date.available2019-11-06T15:36:48Z-
dc.date.issued2019-10-15-
dc.identifier.urihttps://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3372-
dc.description.abstractThis project sought to explore identities used by leading competitor master level runners in order for them to continue down the road of success. The following research question was explored: How do leading competitor masters level long distance runners describe their life as a runner, in relation to today, and the context they are training in? The participants were three leading competitor master level athletes (age 50+), who all reside in Sudbury, Ontario. Artefacts brought the project to a deeper level. An inductive thematic analysis was carried out. Themes and sub-themes highlighted specific ways each masters’ athlete navigated their running journey to allow them to maintain their competitiveness as a leading competitor. In conclusion, the study discussed the importance of the athletic identity: how it functioned, shifted, and changed over time to allow the athletes to navigate their other identities and go through processes such as identity management.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectmasters athleteen_US
dc.subjectleading competitoren_US
dc.subjectathletic identityen_US
dc.subjectpost-positivismen_US
dc.subjectcritical realismen_US
dc.subjectartefactsen_US
dc.subjectdescriptionsen_US
dc.titleLeading competitor masters athletes: identities and the road to successen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA) in Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.grantorLaurentian University of Sudburyen_US
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Psychology / Psychologie - Master's theses

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