Retired College Student Athletes' Psychological Well-Being: A Prospective Analysis.
For college student athletes, graduation coincides with a loss of competitive careers and athletic identities and begin a potentially traumatic transition to a new life phase. However, how athletes' experience this developmental transition may be influenced by their readiness to retire. Thus, we pro...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Loss & Trauma Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 828 - 844 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2024
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