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In the face of adversity: Resiliency in winter sport athletes
  Objectives. — To explore winter sports athletes’ experiences of adversity within their sporting careers.
Methods. — Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with seven British elite winter sports athletes (mean age = 23.1 years, S.D. = 2.4), representing a range of winter sport disciplines.
Results. — Twelve general dimensions emerged, serving to support the pioneering conceptual model of sport resilience, and emphasizing the role previous experiences of adversity have on the acquisition of resilient qualities.
Conclusions. — The findings from this study have the potential to inform applied sport psychology practice. Specifically regarding the development of a ‘resiliency package’, which could aim to protect athletes from maladaptive and/or dysfunctional responses to adversity, and encourage adaptive and resilient reintegration.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    07 February 2015

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Elsevier BV

  • DOI:

  • Cross Ref:

    S0765159715000064

  • ISSN:

    0765-1597

  • Library of Congress:

    RC1200 Sports Medicine

Citation

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Brown, H. E., Lafferty, M. E., & Triggs, C. (2015). In the face of adversity: Resiliency in winter sport athletes. Science and Sports, 30(5), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scispo.2014.09.006

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Keywords

Resilience, reintegration, qualitative, elite,

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