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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/18244| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Considering how athletic identity assists adjustment to spinal cord injury: a qualitative study |
| Author(s): | Hawkins, C Coffee, Pete Soundy, Andrew |
| Contact Email: | peter.coffee@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | Qualitative Sport Identity Adjustment |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2014 |
| Date Deposited: | 10-Jan-2014 |
| Citation: | Hawkins C, Coffee P & Soundy A (2014) Considering how athletic identity assists adjustment to spinal cord injury: a qualitative study. Physiotherapy, 100 (3), pp. 268-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2013.09.006 |
| Abstract: | Objectives: To establish how sport, and access to an athletic identity, has been used when adjusting to a spinal cord injury. Design: Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Setting: Private athletic club. Participants: Eight (six males and two females) athletes from a wheelchair badminton club participated in the study. The individuals had finished rehabilitation, and were aged between 20 and 50 years. Main outcome measures: A single semi-structured interview was undertaken with each participant. Results: Following the thematic analysis, two final themes were presented: (1) adjustment and paradox of chronic illness; and (2) the role and value of an athletic identity. Conclusions: Badminton provided participants with an opportunity to continue and develop a positive athletic identity. Identity may be used as a factor that can promote recovery, and is considered as a way to encourage and maintain positive long-term adjustment to disability. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1016/j.physio.2013.09.006 |
| Rights: | Crown Copyright © 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Use in this Repository permitted under the Open Government Licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/open-government-licence.htm Published in Physiotherapy by Elsevier; The Elsevier Policy is as follows: Authors retain the right to use the accepted author manuscript for personal use, internal institutional use and for permitted scholarly posting provided that these are not for purposes of commercial use or systematic distribution. An "accepted author manuscript" is the author’s version of the manuscript of an article that has been accepted for publication and which may include any author-incorporated changes suggested through the processes of submission processing, peer review, and editor-author communications. |
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