Storying Sports Injury Experiences of Elite Track Athletes: A Narrative Analysis

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Author
Everard, Ciara
Wadey, Ross
Howells, Karen
Date
2021-06-24Acceptance date
2021-06-22
Type
Article
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
1469-0292
Embargoed until
2023-06-24
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Abstract
Objective: Taking a social and cultural perspective, this study extends research in the field of sport injury psychology by storying elite track athletes’ injury experiences to identify dominant socio-cultural narratives that structure their tales.
Methods: Fifteen elite track athletes participated. Data collection spanned 18 months and involved two methods of collection: life-story interviews and timelining. A total of 42 interviews were collected. Dialogical narrative analysis was used to identify the narrative typologies.
Results: Six narrative typologies were identified: Resilience, Merry-Go-Round, Longevity, Pendulum, Snowball, and More-to-Me.
Conclusion: This study extends the sport injury psychology evidence-base by highlighting how socio-cultural practices and processes influenced the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of athletes throughout the full spectrum of injury. By creating and sharing narratives of injury, we can expand the opportunities available to athletes to enable them to make sense of their injury experiences in diverse and meaningful ways.
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Psychology of Sport and Exercise;
Citation
Everard, C., Wadey, R. & Howells, K. (2021) 'Storying Sports Injury Experiences of Elite Track Athletes: A Narrative Analysis', Psychology of Sport and Exercise. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102007
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Article published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102007
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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